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It's a scary word, 'cancer.'

Alan Jackson

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Alan Jackson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 17
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Country Singer
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Alan Eugene Jackson
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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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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 always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
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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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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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Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us but the greatest is love
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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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Tonight I'm the designated drinker.
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I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
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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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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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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 always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
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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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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 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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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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I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.
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The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important.
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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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