It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
ALAN JACKSONIt’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
ALAN JACKSONTo me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
ALAN JACKSONIf 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 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 JACKSONThe music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
ALAN JACKSONA lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
ALAN JACKSONIt’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
ALAN JACKSONI 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.
ALAN JACKSONI’ve always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you’ve got to have a tour to support that.
ALAN JACKSONDid you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
ALAN JACKSONPour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
ALAN JACKSONDid you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
ALAN JACKSONI’m hooked on my baby’s love, there ain’t nothing in the jug this strong.
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.
ALAN JACKSONThose are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
ALAN JACKSONAnd radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSON