You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
ALAN JACKSONYou have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
ALAN JACKSONPour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
ALAN JACKSONThe music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
ALAN JACKSONI’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.
ALAN JACKSONThe older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.
ALAN JACKSONMy mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.
ALAN JACKSONI’ve been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants.
ALAN JACKSONDid you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
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.
ALAN JACKSONWhere were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
ALAN JACKSONTo think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
ALAN JACKSONDid you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
ALAN JACKSONThere’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 JACKSONYou think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
ALAN JACKSONI 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.
ALAN JACKSONBut most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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