Growing up in Georgia, I used to think people up north or out west were so different. They’re really not.
ALAN JACKSONI’ve had several working-man songs that I like.
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Everybody 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.
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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane.
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And radio definitely doesn’t; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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I’m hooked on my baby’s love, there ain’t nothing in the jug this strong.
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I didn’t realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn’t even know that until a year or two ago.
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville.
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I think I’ve always approached making albums pretty much the same way.
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“After 17” is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that’s kind of where I’m at in that part of my life.
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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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I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.
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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’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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If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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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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