Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it.

Quote by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal...

I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal...

When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the...

When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the...

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute,...

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute,...

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't...

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't...

You can't cheat the public for long.

You can't cheat the public for long.

Cheating is often more efficient.

Cheating is often more efficient.

He's playing you because you're the only one who doesn't know.

He's playing you because you're the only one who doesn't know.

'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest...

'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest...

Cheating on someone is deeper than people realize, it destroys their outlook on love, future...

Cheating on someone is deeper than people realize, it destroys their outlook on love, future...

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a...

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

Being drunk will never, ever, be an excuse for cheating.

Being drunk will never, ever, be an excuse for cheating.

I was thrown out of NYU for cheating-with the deans wife

I was thrown out of NYU for cheating-with the deans wife

History repeats itself. Liars will be liars, cheaters will be cheaters, and the person who...

History repeats itself. Liars will be liars, cheaters will be cheaters, and the person who...

He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor...

He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor...

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill

He would take your mother off your father.

He would take your mother off your father.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Some people treat relationships as a video game...they play them and when they get bored...

Some people treat relationships as a video game...they play them and when they get bored...