Quotes By 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.

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.

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

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

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.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

I've been fortunate.

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.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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