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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

Alan Jackson

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.
ALAN JACKSON

Anybody Apply Child Daughter Listen Song Specific Wrote
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Church Everywhere Family Job People Raise Regular Small Softball Town Try
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Baby Boy Grew Life Live Older Only Sister Women
It’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
ALAN JACKSON

Care Half Only Past Somewhere Twelve
If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world.
ALAN JACKSON

Anything Cynical Good People World
I’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
ALAN JACKSON

Album Always Bluegrass Make Want
And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSON

Definitely Positive Radio Thing Uptempo Want
You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones.
ALAN JACKSON

Course People Stood Think Wood
Just 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.
ALAN JACKSON

Just Like Music Proud Radio Take Think Try
My mother kept asking me, “When are you going to do a gospel album?” And I’ve always wanted to do a gospel album.
ALAN JACKSON

Album Always Ask Go Gospel Mother Want
You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time.
ALAN JACKSON

Accept Criticism Same Skin Time Tough Will
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.
ALAN JACKSON

All Along Kepp Kept Love Night Shadow Stolen Wrong
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Children Great Hall Hero Love Reward Status Stone Women Work
To think about the historical part of the Opry and how it’s played such a part in country music.
ALAN JACKSON

Country Historical Music Opry Part Play Such Think
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.
ALAN JACKSON

Actually Hard Influence Most Narrow Part Past Try
Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
ALAN JACKSON

Fresh Love One Liner Strong Weak

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