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I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn't have when I was young.
Alan Jackson
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Alan Jackson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 17
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Alan Eugene Jackson
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To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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I've always stood up for country music.
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I don't write all my stuff. 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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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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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 like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don't want to hear them as much. And radio definitely doesn't they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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Tonight I'm the designated drinker.
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Oklahoma's always been good to me.
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I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
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Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
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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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When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams.
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Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
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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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You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.
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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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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 country song is a song about life.
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I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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