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 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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A country song is a song about life.
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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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I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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You just write about things that happen.
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If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
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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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I’ve had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.
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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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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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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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I’m usually just enjoying life.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue
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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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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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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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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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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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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
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