Hank Williams, born in 1923, was a seminal figure in American country music known for his poignant lyrics and distinctive voice. Rising to fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he produced enduring classics like “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and “Hey, Good Lookin’.” Despite a life marked by personal challenges and health issues, Williams’ music deeply resonated with audiences, exploring themes of love, heartache, and loneliness. His contributions to country music earned him induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and a special Pulitzer Prize citation. Tragically, Williams’ life was cut short at age 29 in 1953, but his enduring legacy as one of the genre’s greatest artists continues to influence generations of musicians, leaving an indelible mark on American music history.

Hank Williams Quotes

1. “If you mind your own business, you’ll stay busy all the time.”
— Hank Williams

2. “I’d love to spit some Beechnut in that dude’s eye and shoot him with my ole forty-five.”
— Hank Williams

3. “Good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin’, I want to thank you Lord.”
— Hank Williams

4. “We say grace and we say ma’am. If you ain’t in to that, we don’t give a damn.”
— Hank Williams

5. “You’re singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don’t turn me on.”
— Hank Williams

6. “Some high society lady said is your horse outside? No ma’am, he’s between my legs, but your too fat to ride.”
— Hank Williams

7. “Have pity on a dinosaur.”
— Hank Williams

8. “No mommy’s kisses and no daddy’s smile. Nobody wants me, I’m nobody’s child.”
— Hank Williams

9. “Let me sum it up for ya: We got some people who work for a living, and we got some people who vote for a living.”
— Hank Williams

10. “I’d have all the cars made in the Carolinas, and I’d ban the ones made in China.”
— Hank Williams

11. “It’s all over but the crying.”
— Hank Williams

12. “Killed by a man with a switch blade knife, for 43 dollars my friend lost his life.”
— Hank Williams

13. “Today is a sad day in Country music. We have lost another piece of history. George Jones was not only a good singer, but was a good friend. He will be missed by many.”
— Hank Williams

14. “My grandpa taught me how to live off the land.”
— Hank Williams

15. “The greatest of men, they don’t get too big to cry. They just loose faith in love and life.”
— Hank Williams

16. “You can do anything that you wanna do, but uh-uh, don’t step on my cowboy boots.”
— Hank Williams

17. “I get whiskey bent and hell bound.”
— Hank Williams

18. “Old Hank would be proud, and Elvis would too, cause we like our country mixed with some big city blues.”
— Hank Williams

19. “Why don’t we all just get a long-neck?”
— Hank Williams

20. “Now if you shoot someone, sir, you can get off Scott free. It’s the latest thing Mr. Lincoln, can you believe?”
— Hank Williams

21. “We’ve got a Muslim for a president who hates cowboys, hates cowgirls, hates fishing, hates farming, loves gays and we hate him!”
— Hank Williams

22. “Somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace, Lord I know just how they feel.”
— Hank Williams, 

23. “My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.”
— Hank Williams

24. “I got girls that can cook, I got girls that can clean, I got girls that’ll do anything between.”
— Hank Williams

25. “If they don’t have the Grand Ole Opry, like they do in Tennessee, just send me to hell or New York City, it would be about the same to me.”
— Hank Williams

26. “I had a good friend in New York City.”
— Hank Williams

27. “We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too. Ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do.”
— Hank Williams

28. “The day Elvis passed away would be our national holiday, if the South would have won, we’d had it made.”
— Hank Williams

29. “I’d put Hank Williams picture on one hundred dollar bills.”
— Hank Williams

30. “We gotta control inflation, quit spending our money on everything. But this years tax increase, why it’s the biggest in history.”
— Hank Williams

31. “I went and got a tire tool out of my truck, and straightened him out as cold as a block of ice. It was an attitude adjustment, and it’ll work every time.”
— Hank Williams

32. “The presidents against Congress, the Senate is against the House, people are against politicians, and I’m against cats in the house.”
— Hank Williams

33. “Some were beggars, some were kings, and some were masters of the arts. But in their shame they’re all the same, these men with broken hearts.”
— Hank Williams

34. “He plead insanity like they do now all the time. Sir, what would you have done in 1859?”
— Hank Williams

35. “I’m for turning off the tube and turning down the light, cause I’m for nothing else but me and you tonight.”
— Hank Williams

36. “It was only his fifth offense, and this time he’s killed someone.”
— Hank Williams

37. “They let dangerous men out of prison now, yes sir, I’m afraid it’s so. Cause they’re over crowded and it was only his fifth offense.”
— Hank Williams

38. “Hell, Justin and I even talking about recording a blues song sometime.”
— Hank Williams