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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?

Alan Jackson

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.
ALAN JACKSON

Always Co-written Everybody Other People Song Think
What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
ALAN JACKSON

Anything Do Enjoy More
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
Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
ALAN JACKSON

Hear Radio Probably Sing World Wrong
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
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Baby Boy Grew Life Live Older Only Sister Women
Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
ALAN JACKSON

Faith Good Greatest Home Love Some
You just write about things that happen.
ALAN JACKSON

Happen Thing Write
Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
ALAN JACKSON

Age Big Exposure Music Probably Young
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Everything Felt Grew Like Need Nothing Something Whenever Young
I’m usually just enjoying life.
ALAN JACKSON

Enjoy Life Usually
I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
ALAN JACKSON

Basic Eater More People Person
because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
ALAN JACKSON

Around Family Instrument Live Music Play
I’m hooked on my baby’s love, there ain’t nothing in the jug this strong.
ALAN JACKSON

Baby Hook Jug Love Nothing Strong
You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
ALAN JACKSON

Accept Criticism Same Skin Time Tough Will
They’re just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It’s that way everywhere.
ALAN JACKSON

Church Everywhere Family Job People Raise Regular Small Softball Town Try

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