George Strait Quotes


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The Quotable George Strait
"We've learned to cope with the fact that the George Strait on stage is an image. And the one at home with my wife and Bubba is a family-loving man. You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble. In other words, you can't live out the songs you sing." ------George Strait

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George Strait's Famous Lines
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Pure Country

Character name
:
Dusty Wyatt Chandler

Tagline:
Bright Lights. Hit Songs. Country's biggest star. He'd trade it all to find the kind of love he'd only sung about.

Quote(s)
:
"I'm just going to take a little walk."


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George Strait Quotes
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  • Being inducted is the highest honor that you can get in this business.To have that happen while I still feel like I’m competitive, while I can still walk up and accept the honor without any help, is just amazing to me. I’ve been waking up in the morning and thinking about what it means - it’s hard to put into words because it’s so big. Maybe in the back of my mind I’ve had it as a goal, but you can’t ever expect anything like that.”

  • “I’ve been influenced by a lot of people in my career. The swing music that Bob Wills was doing, songs that Merle and George Jones wrote and sang - it’s just great to listen to. I think it’s an art form that will always be with us. We may move a little bit away from it at times but it’s always going to come back.”

  • “When I’m on stage doing a show, I still get nervous before I leave the bus and I’m nervous right up to the point where I break into the first song, and then that kinda leaves me and I just feed off the crowd after that. A lot of people say I look pretty laid-back on stage, and that may be true, but I’m pretty pumped up there. And having a great band inspires me, too – the guys continue to amaze me onstage.”

  • (on Success) Success, for me, didn't come that quickly. I spent lots of years playing bars and honky tonks in Texas. It surprises me that I'm still having the kind of success I'm having. There are lots of artists I think
    are great, and I'm fortunate to be hanging around.


  • (on who he listens to ) "I listen to Mark Chestnutt and thinks he's a great singer – and he really does good material, And Alan Jackson. "Gone Country' was such a great song, great song. My son listens to just about everybody so I get exposed to all of it."

  • (on Sinatra)" I met him one time in Texas, went to his show and went backstage right before he was getting on. He's a classy guy, Well, I always thought he was until he didn't use that song. [ They recorded a duet together ] I was kind of let down because I thought it had turned out really good. I was really mad. I really liked the cut that we did.

  • “I wouldn’t say that this all just comes natural to me. It’s always an effort. I’m fortunate to be able to sing, but I don’t think I could be so bold as to say it comes natural.”

Quotes About George Strait
Quote: "Any of us who wear a hat, strap on a guitar and sing, we wanted to be him. We're talking about the ideal of the real country singer: someone who never compromised his music."

Who said
it:
Brad Paisley

Quote: "He's still on top. George Strait has been an icon of country music for as long as I've loved country music. 'Give It Away' is my favorite song on the radio right now, and now he's getting ready to go into the Hall of Fame. He's taught guys like me a whole lot, just by letting us stand in the shadows and watch him while he does what he does. He changed my life, for sure."

Who Said it:
Kenny Chesney

Quote: "The great thing about George Strait is that he’s being doing it since the early ‘80s, but he still makes every sound check, which is more than a lot of guys below him can say. He brings who he is to each town, which is really a Texas dance hall singer. He can make the biggest arena feel like it’s a honky-tonk, trying to take that crazy energy to the biggest venue and making it feel as small as possible. He still enjoys touring after all the years"

Who said
it:
Dierks Bentley

Quote: "George has been a very consistent huge force in the country music business. He is very consistent, very strong with his music and material and his country attitude. He has been a big banner waver of country music."

Who said it
:
Reba McEntire

Quote: "George is the ground for our business. He is that strong icon that doesn't waver from what it is he does. He's not from the bluegrass era, and he's not from the country- rock era, either. He's grounded right in the center, and he does what he does with class and integrity."

Who said it
: Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn