#ma

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. ↗

— George Strait

#actually #any #band #began #clubs

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. ↗

— George Strait

#asked #because #been #career #coming

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. ↗

— George Strait

#different #expect #find #go #good

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

— George Strait

#good #good material #great #i #listen

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. ↗

— George Strait

#bahamas #fish #going #gulf #haven

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

— George Strait

#country #entertainment #entertainment industry #experience #great

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. ↗

— George Strait

#becomes #being #depend #find #fits

I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part. ↗

— George Strait

#been #done #events #everybody #everything

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. ↗

— George Strait

#because #best #find #gonna #gotta

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. ↗

— George Strait

#hit #hit records #i #in the beginning #make