You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
ALAN JACKSONIf anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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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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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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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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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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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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I’m hooked on my baby’s love, there ain’t nothing in the jug this strong.
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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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It’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
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I don’t write all my stuff.
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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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I’ve been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants.
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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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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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