I’m just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren’t the same thing over and over.
ALAN JACKSONJust try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it’s going to take to get you on the radio.
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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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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.
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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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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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It’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
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The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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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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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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I think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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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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You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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What I enjoy doing more than anything is.
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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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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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I’ve been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants.
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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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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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I’m usually just enjoying life.
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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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If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
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It’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
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You just write about things that happen.
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