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.
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I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.Mel Tillis
But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.
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But the teacher would let me sing, you know. She'd take me around to different classes and let me sing. And I could sing without stuttering.
Mel Tillis
And you know, we'd go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then there'd be a tent would set up, and it was the Holiness folks. And we liked their music.
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You have to insulate yourself - I'm talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you won't hear 'em - that's how you write a song. And I haven't been able to do that over here 'cause I'm so busy and then, when I am off, I want to get away from music.
Mel Tillis
And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it.
Mel Tillis
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