A biography for Hank Williams IIIhasn’t been written yet.
“If I was just a country singer, I wouldn't be near as cool and I wouldn't have nowhere near as cool of a fan base.”
“I don't like to tell people what they should or shouldn't do.”
“Mike Patton is my mentor, and he releases two to five records a year with many different bands, and he gets stuff done.”
“George Jones, Johnny Paycheck all them dudes they're respected and they were twice as crazy as I'll ever be.”
“It seems that pop country has stuck around a long time.”
“I was a massive Sid Vicious fanatic.”
“Well, I've always felt connected to the outsider.”
“I don't like being told what to do, and I don't need to be told what my record should sound like.”
“I'll never outdo Hank Williams. That's impossible.”
“Most radio stations suck as far as playing heavy-metal.”
“The true Hank III fans want me to be me.”
“I write a song for me and I sing a song for me - no one else.”
“I take pride in the fact that a guy and a gal can come to my show, have a couple of beers and still go home with a little money in their pockets.”
“I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.”
“My grandfather always sang about the light, and for some reason, I don't know why, it even goes back to when I was seven, eight years old, I've always been attracted to the dark.”
“If Hank Williams had lived any longer, his name would have been one of the most hated in the land. Nashville would have dug him deep.”
“Minneapolis, in general, has been there with me since the beginning. They made me feel important before I really even had a foundation. I think a lot of it has to do with it's such an intense music city in its own right.”
“The only thing I got of my granddaddy's is a necktie.”
“My relationship with my dad will always be strained, but that just goes to show, I guess, that I'm doin' a pretty good job of bein' myself, and bein' a rebel.”
“I still believe in hope and that a good song will push itself.”