And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSONTo me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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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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He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
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A country song is a song about life.
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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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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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I didn’t realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn’t even know that until a year or two ago.
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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 grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn’t have when I was young.
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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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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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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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Just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it’s going to take to get you on the radio.
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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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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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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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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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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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Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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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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Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
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