Alan Jackson Quotes
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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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For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists that sing real traditional stuff, so I don't know why they picked me. That's what I've always done.
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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 mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... 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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As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring.
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I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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I mean, I am driven and laid-back at the same time.
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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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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. 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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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.
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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 mean, my girls are very sweet; I'm very proud of all of of them.
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If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
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I've always stood up for country music.
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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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I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.
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I've had several working-man songs that I like.
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You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, 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.
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A country song is a song about life.