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I’ve always stood up for country music.

Alan Jackson

If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
ALAN JACKSON

Enough Figure Hopefully Mature Old Until Year Yera
You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
ALAN JACKSON

Accept Criticism Same Skin Time Tough Will
To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
ALAN JACKSON

Backbone Country Person Songwriter
If you listen to that song and knew anything about me, you’d say, “Oh yeah, he wrote that about his daughter,” but I try not to write them that they are so specific that they wouldn’t apply to anybody that has a child.
ALAN JACKSON

Anybody Apply Child Daughter Listen Song Specific Wrote
The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.
ALAN JACKSON

Enjoy Important Need Older Realize Think Wear
You just write about things that happen.
ALAN JACKSON

Happen Thing Write
All you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there.
ALAN JACKSON

Badmstifee Day Every Good Hear Many News Out People Refresh There
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
ALAN JACKSON

Against Black Blue Raisin Shock Sight Sky Smoke
It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
ALAN JACKSON

Cancer Scary World
A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
ALAN JACKSON

Lot Song Songwriter Time Together Write
The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
ALAN JACKSON

All Along Base Come Fan Year
I didn’t realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn’t even know that until a year or two ago.
ALAN JACKSON

Ago Banjo Daddy Fan Grandpa Huge Music Older Play Really Time Until
You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
ALAN JACKSON

Course People Stood Think Wood
Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
ALAN JACKSON

Hear Radio Probably Sing World Wrong
I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
ALAN JACKSON

Folk Hypocrite Politics Poodle
Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
ALAN JACKSON

Anger Dis Down Dry Fear Just Neighbour Shout Sit

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