“After 17” is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that’s kind of where I’m at in that part of my life.
ALAN JACKSONThe fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I’ve ever had has been about 50-50 songs I’ve written or co-written and other people’s songs.
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Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
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A country song is a song about life.
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I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
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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.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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.
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For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
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I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
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