I don’t like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
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.
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway.
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It’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
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For every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue
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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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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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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.
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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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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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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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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’ve always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you’ve got to have a tour to support that.
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I don’t write all my stuff.
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When I was in high school, I don’t know that I really had big dreams.
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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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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
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Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
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If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
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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 could have done a hundred songs, really.
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