Will Hall
Will Hall
Will Hallis an American mental health advocate, counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is a leader in the peer support movement and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement. Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is recognized internationally as an innovator in the treatment and societal response to psychosis...
writing home class
Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class, Do you people want to be writers?and they all said yes. Then Lewis said, Why the hell aren't you at home writing?
song writing simple
I knew a lot of chords, but they weren't the chords that came with the melody that came with the idea I had for the song. Melodies are simple things. If you see a train wreck, there's a melody. If you see a little daisy blowing in the breeze, there's a melody.
attitude journey quitting
When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please
careers figures barbara
If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!
kids brain way
Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.
song nashville one-day
The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall song. Up until then there hadn't been any such thing.
dirty writing college
I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.
dog mistake care
Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes.
thinking years people
I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.
struggle looks quitting
I don't know why songwriters struggle. They have to, I guess. If you're a young songwriter, quit struggling. It makes you look bad.
nashville records something-new
The enticing allure of Nashville is that there is always something new coming down the pike. Put this record on and you’ll hear footsteps.
attitude journey care
If they want to come out and watch me paint or dig potatoes or mend fences, I don't care. I don't do interviews not because I have anything to hide, but when you retire, the word has a meaning to me. It's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work. You develop an attitude where you can do what you please.
perfect musical instruments
After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
kids this-generation generations
This generation should entertain this generation. It's only fair. When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn. Now, somebody else's kid can mow the lawn.