For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
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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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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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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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it’s wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.
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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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Just 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.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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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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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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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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because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
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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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You 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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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
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If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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I’m usually just enjoying life.
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Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
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I’ve always stood up for country music.
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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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