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.
ALAN JACKSONI’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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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 have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
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If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
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I’ve always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you’ve got to have a tour to support that.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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My mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.
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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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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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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 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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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 mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
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I don’t write all my stuff.
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All you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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