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 JACKSONAll 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 JACKSONThe 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 JACKSONThere’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 JACKSONI don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
ALAN JACKSONHee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
ALAN JACKSONFor every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
ALAN JACKSONProbably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
ALAN JACKSONIt was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
ALAN JACKSONDid you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?
ALAN JACKSONSomebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
ALAN JACKSONFlesh is weak, but love is strong.
ALAN JACKSONTo think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
ALAN JACKSONI think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
ALAN JACKSONWhen I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
ALAN JACKSONDid you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
ALAN JACKSON“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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