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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.

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

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.

George Strait

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

George Strait

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.

George Strait

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

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

George Strait

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

I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done.

George Strait

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.

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

George Strait

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

George Strait

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.

George Strait

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

George Strait

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.

George Strait

I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years.

George Strait

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

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

George Strait

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.

George Strait

If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

George Strait

When I think about putting together an album, the process of listening to hundreds of songs each time and picking out the best 10 or so that will go on the record, it really sinks in as to just how many songs I've listened to all these years.

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

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

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

George Strait

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.

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

George Strait

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

George Strait

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life... I like to be outdoors, I like to hunt, I like to fish, I like to play golf.

George Strait

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.

George Strait