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" I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music. "
George Strait
People
Music
Reach
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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. "
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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. "
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" I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics. "
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" I've been blessed with the ability to sing, and that has taken me so many places I never would have gone otherwise. "
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" We work hard when we're in the studio, but then when we take our breaks, we walk outside and look around. "
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" I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too. "
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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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" You don't have to be a cheater to sing a cheatin' song, that's what I'm saying. "
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" I've been fortunate. "
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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. "
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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 discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it. "
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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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Live
Life
Time
" You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever. "
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Know
You
Music
" I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities. "
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Old
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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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People
Know
Circle
" 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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Trying
End
Result
" I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done. "
George Strait
Think
Best
I Think
" I don't mind traveling that much when I can go somewhere and stay there for a while, but touring is different. You rarely see anything. You get there early in the morning and you're resting all day, and you go in and do a sound check, and you do the show, and then bam you're gone. "
George Strait
Mind
You
Morning
" I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years. "
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Been
Years
Loyal
" I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones. "
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Thank You
Great
I Can
" 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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Doing
Feel
" Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was. "
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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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" Swing is my favorite kind of music. "
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Swing
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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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Kind
" 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. "
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Enjoy
" You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble. "
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You
World
" 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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Golf
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" Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind. "
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