Ernest Jennings Ford Quotes

United States, Artist
February 13, 1919 – October, 17, 1991.

Ernest Jennings Ford, known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Sixteen Tons".

Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded it.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Written
- Recorded
You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Song
- Hit
- Predict

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

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Shells
- Run Out
- Boogie
I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers!

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Cat
- Nervous
- Rockers
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.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Music
- Find
- Hustling
Know yourself -- and know your audience.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Know
- Yourself
- Audience
I snapped my fingers all through it. Sometimes I set my own tempo during rehearsal by doing that.

Ernest Jennings Ford
You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Debt
- Deeper
- Load

Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.

Ernest Jennings Ford
You can't cheat the public for long.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Public
- Cheat
If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.

Ernest Jennings Ford
- Men
- Step
- Died