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 JACKSONI probably should put a little more energy into it.
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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
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I’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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It’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
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It 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.
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I’m usually just enjoying life.
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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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Somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
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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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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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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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“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.
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He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
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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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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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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.
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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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I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
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