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I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.

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Otis Blackwell

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.

Birthday, College, Down, Redneck, Remembrance
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I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today. . . Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea. Why don't you write a song called "All Shook Up"?' Two days later I brought the song in and said, 'Look, man, I did something with it. '

Hate, Man, Song, Today, Walked, Writing

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

Hall, Kind, Music, Nashville, Towns

There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday.

Appear, Interviews, Remember, Say, Tell, Yesterday

When I started writing it was kind of hard getting people to do my stuff. They' say they couldn't do my style.

Hard, People, Stuff, Style, Writing

I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.

Artist, Figured, Publisher, Song, Things, Writing
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