Alan Jackson Quotes

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• Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us;
  but the greatest is love

  Alan Jackson

  And Love, Good Things, Faith Hope

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Thinking, Important, Needs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Writing, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A country song is a song about life.

  Alan Jackson

  Country, Song

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Children, Work, Hero

  Song: Working Class Hero

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• I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.

  Alan Jackson

  Hypocrite, Poodles, Politics

  Song: Meat And Potato Man, Album: When Somebody Loves You, 2000

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• To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Nashville, Forever

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• I'm usually just enjoying life.

  Alan Jackson

  Enjoy Life, Enjoy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Strong, Past, Alcohol

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• Flesh is weak, but love is strong.

  Alan Jackson

  Love, Strong, Flesh

  Song: Between The Devil And Me, Album: Everything I Love, 1996

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Years, Lasts, Mature

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Tonight I'm the designated drinker.

  Alan Jackson

  Alcohol, Drug, Tonight

  Song: Designated Drinker, Album: Drive, 2002

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• You just write about things that happen.

  Alan Jackson

  Writing, Happens

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it's wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.

  Alan Jackson

  Love, Night, Sight

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Singing, Half

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• "After 17" is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that's kind of where I'm at in that part of my life. If you listen to that song and knew anything about me, you'd say, "Oh yeah, he wrote that about his daughter," but I try not to write them that they are so specific that they wouldn't apply to anybody that has a child.

  Alan Jackson

  Daughter, Mother, Song

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

  Alan Jackson

  Baby, Strong, Jugs

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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

  Grew Up, Young, Needed

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Country, Thinking, People

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• I've always stood up for country music.

  Alan Jackson

  Country, Stood Up

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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?..

  Alan Jackson

  Sky, Sight, Blue

  "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)". Song by Alan Jackson, November 26, 2001.

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• Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

  Alan Jackson

  Fire, Music Is, Stills

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.

  Alan Jackson

  Thinking, People, Touring

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Alan Jackson

  Baby, Boys, Four

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.

  Alan Jackson

  Real, Love You, Cooking

  Song: Work In Progress, Album: Drive, 2002

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