Tennessee Ernie Ford Quotes
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If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
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Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.
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I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers!
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You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.
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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.
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You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.
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Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it.
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You can't cheat the public for long.
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Know yourself -- and know your audience.
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I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.
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Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Born: February 13, 1919
- Died: October 17, 1991
- Occupation: Television host
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