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
acoustic couple harmony loose mom organ piano picked
We had about 30 songs. I picked some I thought my mom would really like and some I liked. We went in with piano and acoustic guitar, and overdubbed organ on some of them, and a couple harmony vocals. We were just really loose with it.
american-musician labeled picked
For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists that sing real traditional stuff, so I don't know why they picked me. That's what I've always done.
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We have made an excellent start to the year with a 20 pct increase in profits in the first half and are well placed to build further on this performance, ... I am confident that we will continue to produce good returns and I look forward to reporting continued progress for the full year.
girls
I mean, my girls are very sweet; I'm very proud of all of of them.
time
I mean, I am driven and laid-back at the same time.
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.
baby boys four
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.
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.