Alan Jackson Quotes

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?..

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.

Tonight I’m the designated drinker.

If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it’s not that much time away from home.

If you can last until you’re 40 years old, hopefully you’ll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.

I’ve had several working-man songs that I like.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don’t know? Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?