I don’t write all my stuff.
ALAN JACKSONI don’t write all my stuff.
ALAN JACKSONEverybody 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.
ALAN JACKSONI have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
ALAN JACKSONTonight I’m the designated drinker.
ALAN JACKSONLooks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
ALAN JACKSONThose are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
ALAN JACKSONThe loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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 JACKSONI’m usually just enjoying life.
ALAN JACKSONI 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 JACKSONThe fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
ALAN JACKSONGrowing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
ALAN JACKSONIf 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.
ALAN JACKSONJust 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.
ALAN JACKSONI have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
ALAN JACKSONI’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.
ALAN JACKSON