Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
ALAN JACKSONI 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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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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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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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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“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.
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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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If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
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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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But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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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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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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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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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 always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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You just write about things that happen.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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They’re just regular people who live in small towns. They grow up and try to raise families and have a job and go to church and play softball. It’s that way everywhere.
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Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?
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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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When I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
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