“After 17” is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that’s kind of where I’m at in that part of my life.
ALAN JACKSONEverybody 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.
More Alan Jackson Quotes
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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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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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It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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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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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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I like to write sad songs. They’re much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don’t want to hear them as much.
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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
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Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
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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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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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I’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.
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You just write about things that happen.
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Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I’m making.
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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