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 JACKSONWhen I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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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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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
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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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But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.
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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.
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I’m usually just enjoying life.
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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.
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I’m hooked on my baby’s love, there ain’t nothing in the jug this strong.
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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
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I’ve always stood up for country music.
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All you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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Somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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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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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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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.
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When I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
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