black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.

Alan Jackson

The 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 JACKSON

Enjoy Important Need Older Realize Think Wear
It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
ALAN JACKSON

Cancer Scary World
The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
ALAN JACKSON

Business Much Music Take Taught Time
As long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,
ALAN JACKSON

Able Album Fem Hit Long Radio Sell Some Still Ticket
If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
ALAN JACKSON

Fifty Just Much Show Sixty Time
“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
He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
ALAN JACKSON

Blue Great Man Perfect Song Through Tribute Write
A country song is a song about life.
ALAN JACKSON

Country Life Song
For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
ALAN JACKSON

Bad Every Good One Thousand
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Easier Emotion Hear Like Much People Sad Song Write
To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
ALAN JACKSON

Country Historical Music Opry Part Play Such Think
Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
ALAN JACKSON

Anger Dis Down Dry Fear Just Neighbour Shout Sit
I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
ALAN JACKSON

Deep Got Notice Older Sound Think Voice
You just write about things that happen.
ALAN JACKSON

Happen Thing Write
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Just Like Music Proud Radio Take Think Try
I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
ALAN JACKSON

People Retire Think Tour
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Anybody Apply Child Daughter Listen Song Specific Wrote
The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
ALAN JACKSON

Down Just Loop Much Really Relax Traffic
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
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Buy Cd Digital Go Out Plug Some Them World
If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
ALAN JACKSON

Anything Cynical Good People World
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Always Play Radio Song Support Tour
I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
ALAN JACKSON

Country Door Little People Route
I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
ALAN JACKSON

Antique Car Collection Little Of Old One Pretty
I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
ALAN JACKSON

Folk Hypocrite Politics Poodle
You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
ALAN JACKSON

Course People Stood Think Wood
I don’t write all my stuff.
ALAN JACKSON

All Stuff Write

Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alan Jackson Quotes