George Strait Quotes - Page 2

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.

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.

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

Cause I'm carryin' your love with me From West Virginia down to Tennessee I'll be movin' with the good lord speed, carryin' your love with me It's my strength for holdin' on Every minute that I have to be gone I'll have everything I'll ever need Carryin' your love with me

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

Country music and just music in general really lost a great friend today.

All my Ex's live in Texas, and that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.

My weakness for beautiful women is my most expensive vice, I still believe in matrimony, but I can't afford another try.

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

This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough.

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.

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

I'm the luckiest man alive, this is the best day of my life.

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

I'm glad He had the never while staring into space, to give this universe a time and place.

Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”/He said, “Daddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.

I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget.

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

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

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

On the Richter scale of love and romance, you've hit a twelve.

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.

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

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

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