You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to … - Alan Jackson

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It is the long-term investor. . . who will in practice come in for the most criticism. . . For it is the essence of his behavior that he should be eccentric, unconventional, and rash in the eyes of average opinion

Alan Jackson

You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.

Criticism, Think, Thinking, Time, Trying, Willing

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I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.

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The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.

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I've been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants. I'm more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel. Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I'm making.

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Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

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A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song. . . somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.

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