Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Ernest Jennings Ford, known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Sixteen Tons".

American - Musician | February 13, 1919 - October 17, 1991

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We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a guitar, vibes and a piano.

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

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

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

I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers!

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Know yourself -- and know your audience.

Tennessee Ernie Ford

You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.

Tennessee Ernie Ford

You can't cheat the public for long.