Mel Tillis

I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#baby #back #bring #days #hang

I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#grand #i #next #next year #palace

I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#casinos #dates #fair #gonna #here

I'm not retiring. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#retiring

No, my son's a songwriter and he does that. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#son #songwriter

Or in the early days we didn't have the bus, we had a station wagon. ↗

— Mel Tillis

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Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter. ↗

— Mel Tillis

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Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles. ↗

— Mel Tillis

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You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#come #entertainer #know #lot #partly

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that. ↗

— Mel Tillis

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