Tennessee Ernie Ford Quotes

You can't cheat the public for long. - 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

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

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

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

He started out at the bottom, and sort of likes it there. - Tennessee Ernie Ford

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

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