And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, ’cause I’d do that in school, but I wouldn’t do it out there in front of all them people. Mel Tillis Read Quote
But in those days – in the mid-’50s, early ’60s – there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn’t full time. Mel Tillis Read Quote
Well, you know, back then there wasn’t many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles. Mel Tillis Read Quote
I remember li’l ol’ Hank Jr. – he was just a baby back in them days, you know – but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural. Mel Tillis Read Quote