because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
ALAN JACKSONYou think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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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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If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
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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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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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I don’t write all my stuff.
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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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A country song is a song about life.
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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.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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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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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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