If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
ALAN JACKSONIf you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
ALAN JACKSONGrowing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
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.
ALAN JACKSONThere’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 JACKSONAs long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,
ALAN JACKSONIf 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 JACKSONIt’s a scary word, ‘cancer.’
ALAN JACKSONI probably should put a little more energy into it.
ALAN JACKSONHe’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
ALAN JACKSONAnd radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
ALAN JACKSONI’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
ALAN JACKSONFor every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
ALAN JACKSONBut most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
ALAN JACKSONLooks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
ALAN JACKSONDid you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin’ against that blue sky?
ALAN JACKSONI don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
ALAN JACKSON