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" I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years. "

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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. "

George Strait

Singing

You

Enjoy

" I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done. "

" I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it. "

" You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble. "

" If twang isn't what I do, I don't know what is. "

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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. "

" We work hard when we're in the studio, but then when we take our breaks, we walk outside and look around. "

" 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. "

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

" I've been fortunate. "

George Strait

Been

Fortunate

" I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time. "

George Strait

Time

Enough

" Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" You don't have to be a cheater to sing a cheatin' song, that's what I'm saying. "

" I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry. "

George Strait

Great

Experience

" 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. "

George Strait

Writing

Kind

" In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it. "

" I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material. "

" I used to do a lot of interviews in the early '80s, when my career started, but it came to a point when I decided I didn't want to talk anymore, and people kind of understood that and left me alone. "

" Swing is my favorite kind of music. "

" 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. "

" I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out. "

" 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. "

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

George Strait

Too

Who

" 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. "

" 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. "