There’s no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.
ALAN JACKSONThe fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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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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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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I’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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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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Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
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Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
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The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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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.
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn’t have when I was young.
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