Tennessee Ernie Ford Quotes & Sayings

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a guitar, vibes and a piano. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers! — Tennessee Ernie Ford

If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

Know yourself
and know your audience. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

You can't cheat the public for long. — Tennessee Ernie Ford