Hoedown Quotes

The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that he never thought to ask for them because he was too busy trying cheerlessly and religiously to earn them.

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies (p. 171).

Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition. The sense of what they were saying became lost, and only the exercise remained. The exchange was conducted with the certainty of a measured hoedown and had the jerkiness of Monday's wash snapping in the wind—now cracking east, then west, with only the intent to whip the dampness out of the cloth.

It was like being at an Arabian hoedown with a band of psychedelic hillbillies.

Within minutes of entering this stranger’s house, I had my briefs off and it was naked hoedown time.

Here freedom was not entertainment, like a carnival or a hoedown that you can count on once a year. Nor was it the table droppings from the entitled. Here freedom was a test administered by the natural world that a man had to take for himself every day. And if he passed enough tests long enough, he was king.

There was nothing churchy about this place. Where was the pulpit, the cross, the other religious accoutrements? This was nothing but a big empty room that didn’t even have chairs. When he thought of a revival, he thought of a brightly lighted place with seats for everybody, probably a PA system for the preacher so people in the back could hear him. When he looked at this place, he thought of a hoedown—except for the candelabra, which reminded him of a medieval castle, something from a Vincent Price movie. He wished he hadn’t thought about Vincent Price.

So, they met at a square dance? I guess maybe your dad misunderstood the meaning of the term hoedown.

At that, the band started playing “Hoedown Throwdown” from Hannah Montana: The Movie. “This is what you requested over and over?” Stevie asked me.

We write songs rather than riffs with statements.” “That was maybe the beginning of thinking, ‘Aw, I don’t know if we fit into this,’ ” says Mars. “So let’s have a hootenanny here, let’s settle down and have a hoedown and loosen it up and have some fun.

Ugh," Steven mutters. "Feels like there's a hoedown in my brain and everyone's wearing stiilettos.