I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
ALAN JACKSONIt’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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If you listen to that song and knew anything about me, you’d say, “Oh yeah, he wrote that about his daughter,” but I try not to write them that they are so specific that they wouldn’t apply to anybody that has a child.
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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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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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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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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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 didn’t realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn’t even know that until a year or two ago.
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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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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.
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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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