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5 quotes by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford Background information Birth name Ernest Jennings Ford Born (1919-02-13)February 13, 1919 Bristol, Tennessee, United States Died October 17, 1991(1991-10-17) (aged 72) Reston, Virginia, United States Genres Country & Western, Pop, Gospel Occupation(s) Singer, actor Instruments Vocals, Guitar, violin Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an...
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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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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... →

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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... →

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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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