As long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,
ALAN JACKSONIf anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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A country song is a song about life.
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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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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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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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You just write about things that happen.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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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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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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