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" I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones. "
George Strait
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" You don't have to be a cheater to sing a cheatin' song, that's what I'm saying. "
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" If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album - the end result is what counts. "
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" I just continue to look for different material, great material, as good as I can find, and try to go in there and do as good a job as I can do in making it a record. That's all you can expect. That's all that you can do. "
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" My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also. "
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" I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material. "
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" 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. "
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" I love to fish. You can go hours without anything happening, and all of a sudden a big blue marlin comes into the spread and it's cockpit chaos. My dream is to catch a grander, a 1,000 pounder. "
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" You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends. I'm just a young buck out here trying to keep in that same circle with the rest of 'em. "
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" I've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music. "
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" I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part. "
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" Even though I've been doing it for so long, I still feel fresh. Even when I walk out on stage, I still feel pretty much the same as I've always felt. "
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" I'm going to write, and after two years, when I've quit touring, if a special event comes up that I want to do, by all means I will do it, but as far as a structured tour goes, at the last date of 2014 goes, that will be it for touring. "
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" I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry. "
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" Swing is my favorite kind of music. "
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" I'm always looking for great songs, and not being much of a songwriter, I depend on great songwriters to send them to me. I go through tons of stuff, and sometimes you just find material that kind of fits and becomes something special. "
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" When I think about putting together an album, the process of listening to hundreds of songs each time and picking out the best 10 or so that will go on the record, it really sinks in as to just how many songs I've listened to all these years. "
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" Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind. "
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" I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years. "
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" You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble. "
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" You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever. "
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" I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too. "
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" I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time. "
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" I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music. "
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" 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. "
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" Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life... I like to be outdoors, I like to hunt, I like to fish, I like to play golf. "
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" Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was. "
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" If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, 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. "
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" I remember that in '81, country radio was pretty pop, and everybody wanted a crossover record - and all of a sudden it came back to traditional. Now it's kind of swung the other way a little bit, but it always comes back. "
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