Growing up on Franklin Road in Nashville, I had everyone from Johnny Cash to Fats Domino swinging by my house to talk with my mom about my dad. So I had some pretty diverse influences, and I think that shows in my music.

Hank Williams Jr.

Listen, I am who I am. I have always been true to who I am and that is why the fans support me.

Hank Williams Jr.

You better mean what you're singing or you need to get out of this business. That's where I'm really lucky because they know I mean what I'm singing or I ain't gonna sing it.

Hank Williams Jr.

Listen, ladies and gentlemen. America is still a country of choices and options. And I have a lot of them.

Hank Williams Jr.

I guarantee you there's a bunch of the twentysomethings that don't know that, don't know I play banjo and bluegrass.

Hank Williams Jr.

But, I enjoy music from lots of people. And you also have to also remember that I grew up in a household where people like Fats Domino, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Earl Scruggs, and so many others were at mama's house. So, I heard everything growing up.

Hank Williams Jr.

I love five-string banjo. On an electric guitar, let's say a two-hour show, it starts getting heavy right across the neck and shoulders. And I like to be able to flip it off and grab the fiddle, and that's just the way I do it.

Hank Williams Jr.

Me and a few of my rowdy friends stole the wheels and tires off a brand-new limited-edition Lincoln Mark III that my manager, Merle Kilgore, had just bought. We left it up on blocks and then we sold his own wheels and tires back to him the next day.

Hank Williams Jr.

You know, I don't sit here and watch, uh, I don't watch CMT videos and listen to country radio all the time.

Hank Williams Jr.

I'm going to try to make happy songs or some political songs, like 'A Country Boy Can Survive' - something people can get excited about.

Hank Williams Jr.

I have got the most loyal, hardcore fans that there are. I could do 10 shows, a hundred shows or 30. I am the most blessed guy on the block. They're gonna be there, and it amazes me.

Hank Williams Jr.

I more or less said I was going to try to make an existence off my daddy's royalties or I'm going to make it on my own. Daddy is a legend and he don't need me to keep him alive.

Hank Williams Jr.

I just play the music that I'm gonna play and don't really worry about how people perceive it.

Hank Williams Jr.

You've got to want to put out good music. You've got to give the people their money's worth.

Hank Williams Jr.

I love this country and I am very vocal about my thoughts and beliefs. America is the greatest nation on the planet!

Hank Williams Jr.

Most all of my awards are at the Country Music Hall of Fame. You know we had the longest running exhibit in the Hall of Fame history with Family Tradition. More people went to see Daddy's stuff and all the things I have collected over the years than any other exhibit.

Hank Williams Jr.

The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers in the world.

Hank Williams Jr.

I am and always have been a football guy. My relationship with 'Monday Night Football' lasted 21 years, which is unprecedented for any theme song to be on the air that long.

Hank Williams Jr.

But my whole career, I have done things my way and the way that I wanted.

Hank Williams Jr.

I love what Eric Church is doing. He and I are friends, and he opened some shows for us a few years ago and I would fly him home on the jet. He is a good one.

Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams Jr. Quotes

Growing up on Franklin Road in Nashville, I had everyone from Johnny Cash to Fats Domino swinging by my house to talk with my mom about my dad. So I had some pretty diverse influences, and I think that shows in my music.

Listen, I am who I am. I have always been true to who I am and that is why the fans support me.

You better mean what you're singing or you need to get out of this business. That's where I'm really lucky because they know I mean what I'm singing or I ain't gonna sing it.

Listen, ladies and gentlemen. America is still a country of choices and options. And I have a lot of them.

I guarantee you there's a bunch of the twentysomethings that don't know that, don't know I play banjo and bluegrass.

But, I enjoy music from lots of people. And you also have to also remember that I grew up in a household where people like Fats Domino, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Earl Scruggs, and so many others were at mama's house. So, I heard everything growing up.

I love five-string banjo. On an electric guitar, let's say a two-hour show, it starts getting heavy right across the neck and shoulders. And I like to be able to flip it off and grab the fiddle, and that's just the way I do it.

Me and a few of my rowdy friends stole the wheels and tires off a brand-new limited-edition Lincoln Mark III that my manager, Merle Kilgore, had just bought. We left it up on blocks and then we sold his own wheels and tires back to him the next day.

You know, I don't sit here and watch, uh, I don't watch CMT videos and listen to country radio all the time.

I'm going to try to make happy songs or some political songs, like 'A Country Boy Can Survive' - something people can get excited about.

I have got the most loyal, hardcore fans that there are. I could do 10 shows, a hundred shows or 30. I am the most blessed guy on the block. They're gonna be there, and it amazes me.

I more or less said I was going to try to make an existence off my daddy's royalties or I'm going to make it on my own. Daddy is a legend and he don't need me to keep him alive.

I just play the music that I'm gonna play and don't really worry about how people perceive it.

You've got to want to put out good music. You've got to give the people their money's worth.

I love this country and I am very vocal about my thoughts and beliefs. America is the greatest nation on the planet!

Most all of my awards are at the Country Music Hall of Fame. You know we had the longest running exhibit in the Hall of Fame history with Family Tradition. More people went to see Daddy's stuff and all the things I have collected over the years than any other exhibit.

The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers in the world.

I am and always have been a football guy. My relationship with 'Monday Night Football' lasted 21 years, which is unprecedented for any theme song to be on the air that long.

But my whole career, I have done things my way and the way that I wanted.

I love what Eric Church is doing. He and I are friends, and he opened some shows for us a few years ago and I would fly him home on the jet. He is a good one.