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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.

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Alan Jackson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 17
Artist
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Country Singer
Music Artist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Newnan
Georgia
Alan Eugene Jackson
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Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
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The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.
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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. 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 - to think about the historical part of the Opry and how it's played such a part in country music.
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What I enjoy doing more than anything is, I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars. I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway. The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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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. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
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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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You just write about things that happen.
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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue
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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 been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants. I'm more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel. Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I'm making.
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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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The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.
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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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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 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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Oklahoma's always been good to me.
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