Quotes from George Strait

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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'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 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 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.

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

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.

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.

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

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

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

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 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.

Life is not the breaths you take but the moments that take your breath away.

Life is not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

Life's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

It's been a long hard ride. See you on the other side

Life isn't about the breathes you take, it's the moments that take your breathe away.