Quotes By George Strait

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.

I'd say three years ago we played in my hometown of San Antonio for 55,000 people at the Alamodome and walking out there with a crowd like that is just, you're excited, you're scared. There are just so many emotions going on. I still get nervous for things like that until after I sing about the first one or two songs, then I settle down.

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

We work hard when we're in the studio, but then when we take our breaks, we walk outside and look around.

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.

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

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.

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

I love the song 'El Rey.' And for years, I never knew what the song was totally about. It was something new for me. I'd never sung a song in Spanish before. Then I got the translation and saw what a really cool song it was.

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

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

I don't mind traveling that much when I can go somewhere and stay there for a while, but touring is different. You rarely see anything. You get there early in the morning and you're resting all day, and you go in and do a sound check, and you do the show, and then bam you're gone.

If twang isn't what I do, I don't know what is.

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

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

I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years.

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 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 remember that in '81, country radio was pretty pop, and everybody wanted a crossover record - and all of a sudden it came back to traditional. Now it's kind of swung the other way a little bit, but it always comes back.

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

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

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

I love to fish. You can go hours without anything happening, and all of a sudden a big blue marlin comes into the spread and it's cockpit chaos. My dream is to catch a grander, a 1,000 pounder.

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.

I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too.

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.

I've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music.

I've been blessed with the ability to sing, and that has taken me so many places I never would have gone otherwise.