George Strait
Musician
1952-05-18
George Strait is an American country singer and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in country music history.
Books by George Strait
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George Strait: Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
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Quotes by George Strait
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Life is not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
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Life's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
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Life's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
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Life is not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
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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.
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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.
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I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.
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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.
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Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.
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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.
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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.
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I spend most of hunting season at the ranch. We all love to hunt whitetails, and we have a pretty good supply in South Texas. I also love to hunt elk in Arizona, mule deer in Utah, and I've been to Canada to hunt caribou.
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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.
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Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was.
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You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it.
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I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years.
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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.
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