To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
ALAN JACKSONI’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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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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My mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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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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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I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.
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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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Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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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 have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it’s wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.
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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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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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