If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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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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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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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 think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
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You just write about things that happen.
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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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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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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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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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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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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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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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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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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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But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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A country song is a song about life.
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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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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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