1.
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
3.
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
5.
Know yourself -- and know your audience.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
6.
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
7.
You can't cheat the public for long.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
8.
Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
9.
If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
10.
Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
11.
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