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
thinking people touring
I think if you retire from touring then people think you are retired.
american-musician pushed remembered
I just always remembered that, not that it pushed me to be a singer, but I don't know why he said that. Hee Haw was a big part of my life, musically.
benefit country opry reaches red
Country Reaches Out: An Opry Benefit for the American Red Cross,
building played sounds
I've played this thing as long as I can remember, I guess. I'll tell you what ? this building sounds a lot better than the other one.
cover man pain picture putting thinking usa
...they're thinking about putting me on the cover of the USA Today, story of heartbreaking pain, picture of the loneliest man they claim, in the U.S.A. today.
deficiency matter
Any possibility of masking the development of B12 deficiency has to be a matter of concern.
problem
It's not their problem - it's our problem.
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.