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.
ALAN JACKSONI probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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They’re just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It’s that way everywhere.
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I like to write sad songs. They’re much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don’t want to hear them as much.
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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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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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“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.
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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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A country song is a song about life.
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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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When I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
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It’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
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If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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