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.
ALAN JACKSONIf 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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I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
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You just write about things that happen.
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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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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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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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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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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 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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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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I’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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