Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
ALAN JACKSONHee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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I’ve had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.
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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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I don’t write all my stuff.
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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
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I’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.
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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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A country song is a song about life.
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My mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.
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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.
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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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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And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That’s what makes you so nervous.
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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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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.
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For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
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I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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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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I’ve always stood up for country music.
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