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I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn’t have when I was young.

Alan Jackson

I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
ALAN JACKSON

Like Man Several Song Work
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Actually Hard Influence Most Narrow Part Past Try
I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn’t have when I was young.
ALAN JACKSON

Everything Felt Grew Like Need Nothing Something Whenever Young
I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
ALAN JACKSON

Folk Hypocrite Politics Poodle
I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
ALAN JACKSON

Album Compete Done Especial Every Feel Think Well Yourself
I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
ALAN JACKSON

People Retire Think Tour
because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
ALAN JACKSON

Around Family Instrument Live Music Play
I’m usually just enjoying life.
ALAN JACKSON

Enjoy Life Usually
Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
ALAN JACKSON

Listen Lyrics Probably Really Same Song
He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
ALAN JACKSON

Blue Great Man Perfect Song Through Tribute Write
I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
ALAN JACKSON

Retire See Worth
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Anybody Apply Child Daughter Listen Song Specific Wrote
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 JACKSON

Easier Emotion Hear Like Much People Sad Song Write
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Ago Banjo Daddy Fan Grandpa Huge Music Older Play Really Time Until
You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
ALAN JACKSON

Big Crazy Little Lot People Star Think
“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.
ALAN JACKSON

After College Doctor Kind Life Part Song Wrote

I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn’t have when I was young.

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I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn’t have when I was young.

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