Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Thomas "Tom T." Hallis an American country music songwriter, singer, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 11 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth25 May 1936
CountryUnited States of America
Faulkner was almost oriental. I never got into Faulkner.
I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that the two run around together. The nature of a songwriter could be philosophical. Looking for universal ideas, a way to say things, get the story across as a means of entertaining, provoking thought.
I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.
I am a fan of history.
Me and Jesus got our own thing going on. We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about.
A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.
She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole wide world.
I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.
I was quite a reader before I became a writer.
I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.
I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.
I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.
My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it.
Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.