I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
ALAN JACKSONWhen I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
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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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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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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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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.
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And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That’s what makes you so nervous.
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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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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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There’s no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.
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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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