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American singer and actor (d. 1991), Birth: 13-2-1919, Death: 17-10-1991
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You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

2.
I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

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

4.
Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Know yourself -- and know your audience.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

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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 hustling for material.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

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You can't cheat the public for long.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

8.
Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

Quote Topics by Tennessee Ernie Ford: Long Sixteen Nervous Knows Gun Egotism Fingers Steps Song Successful Years Debt Hustle Work Night Audience Cat Dancing Running Rehearsal Men Sometimes Want Eight Talent Cheat Finding Yourself Know Yourself
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If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
Tennessee Ernie Ford

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

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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.
Tennessee Ernie Ford