Oklahoma’s always been good to me.
ALAN JACKSONOklahoma’s always been good to me.
ALAN JACKSONIt’s only half past twelve but I don’t care, it’s 5 O’clock somewhere.
ALAN JACKSONI’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 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.
ALAN JACKSONBut most of the ones I’ve ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I’ve enjoyed that.
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 JACKSONA country song is a song about life.
ALAN JACKSON“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.
ALAN JACKSONMaking music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
ALAN JACKSONI’ve always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
ALAN JACKSONI probably should put a little more energy into it.
ALAN JACKSONThe older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don’t need, what wears you out and what’s important.
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 JACKSONDid you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?
ALAN JACKSONLove 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 JACKSONFor every one bad one, there’s a thousand good ones.
ALAN JACKSON