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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
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Georgia
Alan Eugene Jackson
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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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Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
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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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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us but the greatest is love
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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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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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Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care, it's 5 O'clock somewhere.
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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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 love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.
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If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.
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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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There'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.
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Oklahoma's always been good to me.
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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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