I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
ALAN JACKSONIf you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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Somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
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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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But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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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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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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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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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’ve always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you’ve got to have a tour to support that.
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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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Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
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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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