Quotes By 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.

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

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

Swing is my favorite kind of 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 want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

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.

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

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.

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 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 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'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.

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.

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

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.