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 JACKSONYou think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
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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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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.
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because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
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When I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
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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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Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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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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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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“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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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
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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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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.
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