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" You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever. "

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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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was. "

" 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've been fortunate. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd say three years ago we played in my hometown of San Antonio for 55,000 people at the Alamodome and walking out there with a crowd like that is just, you're excited, you're scared. There are just so many emotions going on. I still get nervous for things like that until after I sing about the first one or two songs, then I settle down. "

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

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

" Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind. "

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