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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.

Alan Jackson

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.
ALAN JACKSON

Ago Banjo Daddy Fan Grandpa Huge Music Older Play Really Time Until
I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
ALAN JACKSON

Always Fan Like Make Music
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Everything Felt Grew Like Need Nothing Something Whenever Young
A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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Lot Song Songwriter Time Together Write
I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
ALAN JACKSON

People Retire Think Tour
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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Just Like Music Proud Radio Take Think Try
All you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there.
ALAN JACKSON

Badmstifee Day Every Good Hear Many News Out People Refresh There
The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
ALAN JACKSON

All Along Base Come Fan Year
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Children Great Hall Hero Love Reward Status Stone Women Work
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Been Country Made Make Music Nervous Stage Think
“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.
ALAN JACKSON

After College Doctor Kind Life Part Song Wrote
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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Enough Figure Hopefully Mature Old Until Year Yera
Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
ALAN JACKSON

Hear Radio Probably Sing World Wrong
I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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Country Door Little People Route
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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Anybody Apply Child Daughter Listen Song Specific Wrote
I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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Always Approach Make Pretty Same Such Think

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