A song ain't nothin' in the world but a story just wrote with music to it.
Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom, ed. by Criswell Freeman, 1994.
-- Hank Williams, Sr, (Sep 17 1923-1953), US singer, songwriter; The Hillbilly Shakespeare was instrumental in popularizing country-western music with Your Cheatin' Heart, and Jambalaya.