If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
ALAN JACKSONAnd 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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Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know?
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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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I don’t see that it would be worth retiring.
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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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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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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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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song…
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because there wasn’t any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
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I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age.
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But most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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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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The music business doesn’t take up that much of my time.
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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.
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I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I’ve gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
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I could have done a hundred songs, really.
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Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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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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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Half of them I’d hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn’t even know it.
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A country song is a song about life.
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Somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
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I’m more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel.
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You just write about things that happen.
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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 think every album you have, especially if it’s done well, you feel like you’re competing with yourself.
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