Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
ALAN JACKSONTo think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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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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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
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And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That’s what makes you so nervous.
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I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
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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.
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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.
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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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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