1. “The greatest of men, they don’t get too big to cry. They just loose faith in love and life.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
2. “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.
3. “We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too. Ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
4. “I’d love to spit some Beechnut in that dude’s eye and shoot him with my ole forty-five.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
5. “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, Jr.
6. “Every time the media brings up the tea party, it’s painted as racist and extremists — but there’s never a backlash, no outrage to those comparisons. … Working-class people are hurting — and it doesn’t seem like anybody cares. When both sides are high-fiving it on the ninth hole when everybody else is without a job — it makes a whole lot of us angry. Something has to change. The policies have to change.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
7. “You can do anything that you wanna do, but uh-uh, don’t step on my cowboy boots.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
8. “I get whiskey bent and hell bound.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
9. “But I can say that the business has changed drastically since I started at 8 years old. Everything from the way you tour to how you make a record and how you release the music.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
10. “Music lives in cycles. One day, one type of music is on top and the next year another genre is on top. Either the fans love you or they jump from one artist to another.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
11. “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, Jr.
12. “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.
13. “Good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin’, I want to thank you Lord.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
14. “You’re singing a song about making love to your drummer, well gay guitar pickers don’t turn me on.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
15. “Being a Williams is not easy in this business because the bar is set very high to achieve success. Daddy set some high standards for all of us.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
16. “We gotta control inflation, quit spending our money on everything. But this years tax increase, why it’s the biggest in history.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
17. “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, Jr.
18. “Have pity on a dinosaur.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
19. “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, Jr.
20. “I’d put Hank Williams picture on one hundred dollar bills.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
21. “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, Jr.
22. “I had a good friend in New York City.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
23. “The presidents against Congress, the Senate is against the House, people are against politicians, and I’m against cats in the house.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
24. “My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
25. “We say grace and we say ma’am. If you ain’t in to that, we don’t give a damn.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
26. “Why don’t we all just get a long-neck?” – Hank Williams, Jr.
27. “When Mother put me out on stage at eight years old, everyone wanted me to be just like Daddy.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
28. “My grandpa taught me how to live off the land.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
29. “I’d have all the cars made in the Carolinas, and I’d ban the ones made in China.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
30. “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, Jr.
31. “I’d love to spit some Beechnut in that dude’s eye and shoot him with my ole forty-five.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
32. “Some high society lady said is your horse outside? No ma’am, he’s between my legs, but you’re too fat to ride.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
33. “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, Jr.
34. “Somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace, Lord I know just how they feel.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
35. “The day Elvis passed away would be our national holiday, if the South would have won, we’d had it made.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
36. “If you mind your own business, you’ll stay busy all the time.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
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, Jr.
38. “It was only his fifth offense, and this time he’s killed someone.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
39. “I’d have all the cars made in the Carolinas, and I’d ban the ones made in China.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
40. “You’ve got to want to put out good music. You’ve got to give the people their money’s worth.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
41. “Now if you shoot someone, sir, you can get off Scott free. It’s the latest thing Mr. Lincoln, can you believe?” – Hank Williams, Jr.
42. “He plead insanity like they do now all the time. Sir, what would you have done in 1859?” – Hank Williams, Jr.
43. “It’s all over but the crying.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
44. “No mommy’s kisses and no daddy’s smile. Nobody wants me, I’m nobody’s child.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
45. “We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too. Ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do.” – Hank Williams, Jr.
