Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
ALAN JACKSONEverybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
ALAN JACKSONI 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 JACKSONI’m usually just enjoying life.
ALAN JACKSONI don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
ALAN JACKSONHe’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
ALAN JACKSONI don’t write all my stuff.
ALAN JACKSONIf you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
ALAN JACKSONOklahoma’s always been good to me.
ALAN JACKSONIf you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
ALAN JACKSONMaking music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
ALAN JACKSONHee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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 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 JACKSONAnd radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSONThe music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
ALAN JACKSONWhat I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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