American - Musician | August 8, 1932 - November 19, 20171
But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. I've known those folks for years and years and years.
Mel Tillis
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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.
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I'm not retiring.
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I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.
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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.
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No, my son's a songwriter and he does that.
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Or in the early days we didn't have the bus, we had a station wagon.
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Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter.
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Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.
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You have to insulate yourself - I'm talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you won't hear 'em - that's how you write a song. And I haven't been able to do that over here 'cause I'm so busy and then, when I am off, I want to get away from music.
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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.
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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.
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