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" I spend most of hunting season at the ranch. We all love to hunt whitetails, and we have a pretty good supply in South Texas. I also love to hunt elk in Arizona, mule deer in Utah, and I've been to Canada to hunt caribou. "

George Strait

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" I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not gonna sing them just because I wrote them. I've gotta find the best songs to make the best record I can. "

" I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music. "

" I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it. "

" I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones. "

" 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 love the song 'El Rey.' And for years, I never knew what the song was totally about. It was something new for me. I'd never sung a song in Spanish before. Then I got the translation and saw what a really cool song it was. "

" Swing is my favorite kind of music. "

" I've been blessed with the ability to sing, and that has taken me so many places I never would have gone otherwise. "

" 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. "

" 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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" I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too. "

George Strait

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" 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've been fortunate. "

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" I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years. "

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