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 JACKSONIt was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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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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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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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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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.
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I don’t write all my stuff.
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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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Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.
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It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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I’ve been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants.
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I’ve always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you’ve got to have a tour to support that.
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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 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.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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I’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.
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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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I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
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