You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy.
ALAN JACKSONIf you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
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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 probably should put a little more energy into it.
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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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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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And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That’s what makes you so nervous.
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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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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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The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.
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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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He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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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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To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
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Tonight I’m the designated drinker.
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If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
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