I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
ALAN JACKSONGrowing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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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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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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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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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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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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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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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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It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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You just write about things that happen.
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I’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.
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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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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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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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