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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'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

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If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album - the end result is what counts. ↗

— George Strait

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

— George Strait

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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. ↗

— George Strait

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You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it. ↗

— George Strait

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

— George Strait

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You can't be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work. ↗

— Hank Stram

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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. ↗

— Mark Strand

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There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest. ↗

— Mark Strand

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