To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
ALAN JACKSONWhere were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
More Alan Jackson Quotes
-
-
When I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
ALAN JACKSON -
The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
ALAN JACKSON -
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.
ALAN JACKSON -
A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
ALAN JACKSON -
But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
ALAN JACKSON -
I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars.
ALAN JACKSON -
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.
ALAN JACKSON -
You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
ALAN JACKSON -
Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
ALAN JACKSON -
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 -
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 -
And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSON -
It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
ALAN JACKSON -
Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
ALAN JACKSON -
To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
ALAN JACKSON -
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
ALAN JACKSON -
Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
ALAN JACKSON -
Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
ALAN JACKSON -
Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
ALAN JACKSON -
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.
ALAN JACKSON -
because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
ALAN JACKSON -
If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
ALAN JACKSON -
I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
ALAN JACKSON -
The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
ALAN JACKSON -
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
ALAN JACKSON -
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 JACKSON