I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
ALAN JACKSONTo me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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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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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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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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It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
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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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I don’t write all my stuff.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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I’m usually just enjoying life.
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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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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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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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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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