I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to ... -Alan Jackson

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.

Alan Jackson Quotes to Explore

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 radi...

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 always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like....

When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams....

The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important....

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 ju...

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself....

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....

I've always stood up for country music....

I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn't have when I was young....

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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want....

You get people who come to London, sever links with where they come from, and then when they need people, there's nobody there. To feel like you can't...

Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad....

It sounds so nerdy and pathetic, but what I always do on Sunday afternoon is bring my inbox down to zero, which is so sad. But e-mail has become like ...

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to ...

I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fe...

The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them, 'Ok, be sad now.'...

I'm not going to do a song that's really sad and thoughtful. Although I've done ballads like 'Dear Darlin',' I want to make them dance and be happy....

If people are paying money to see me, then I want them to walk away from the show knowing they had a really great time. I want it to be very energetic...

I don't really do sad, depressing songs....