I’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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.
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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
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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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I’ve always stood up for country music.
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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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As long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,
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I’m hooked on my baby’s love, there ain’t nothing in the jug this strong.
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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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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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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.
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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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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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