Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jacksonis an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 15 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, two Gospel albums and several compilations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth17 October 1958
CityNewnan, GA
CountryUnited States of America
song past done
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.
song men working-man
I've had several working-man songs that I like.
song writing thinking
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.
littles energy should
The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.
oklahoma
Oklahoma's always been good to me.
home years time-away
If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.
thinking trying criticism
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.
years lasts mature
If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
song writing people
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.
cancer scary
It's a scary word, 'cancer.
albums wanted bluegrass
I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
writing happens
You just write about things that happen.
song support radio
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.
retirement long albums
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.