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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.

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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