George Strait
George Strait
George Harvey Straitis an American singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer known as the "King of Country" and one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look, and being one of the first and main country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth18 May 1952
CityPoteet, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Do you love me, do you wanna be my friend?
I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.
I'm glad He had the never while staring into space, to give this universe a time and place.
I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material.
I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek a specific tempo or lyric or melody. It just has to make sense. Maybe it is natural because I was given the gift to sing.
Swing is my favorite kind of music.
I like the part where you walk up on the stage and you're up there for the show. I like that part.
I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.
I love to fish offshore for billfish, and have fished all over for them from the Bahamas, St. Thomas, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico to the Texas gulf. I haven't made it to Australia yet, but someday I'm going.
Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.
I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.
I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out.
I'm a religious person. I honestly believe we will see each other in heaven someday.
I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened.