And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSONYou think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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As long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,
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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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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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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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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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The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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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 just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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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Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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