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.
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 think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.
I like the part where you walk up on the stage and you're up there for the show. I like that part.
Swing is my favorite kind of music.
I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.
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 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 should have checked the price tag before I gave them my last name.
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've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years.
I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek a specific tempo or lyric or melody. It just has to make sense. Maybe it is natural because I was given the gift to sing.
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 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've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music.
I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done.
