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Alan Jackson

My mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.
ALAN JACKSON

Album Always Ask Go Gospel Mother Want
“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
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
To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
ALAN JACKSON

Backbone Country Person Songwriter
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Just Like Music Proud Radio Take Think Try
If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
ALAN JACKSON

Anything Cynical Good People World
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Always Co-written Everybody Other People Song Think
A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
ALAN JACKSON

Lot Song Songwriter Time Together Write
I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
ALAN JACKSON

Basic Eater More People Person
But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
ALAN JACKSON

Always Enjoy Ever Most Normal One Surprisingly
I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
ALAN JACKSON

Folk Hypocrite Politics Poodle
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
Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
ALAN JACKSON

Designate Drinker Tonight
Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it’s wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.
ALAN JACKSON

All Along Kepp Kept Love Night Shadow Stolen Wrong
Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
ALAN JACKSON

Country Different Grow North Use Think West
I’ve been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants.
ALAN JACKSON

Denise Fancy Lace Like Restaurant Wise

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