George Strait Quotes

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

You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete. And as long as there is breath in me, I'll make yours just as sweet.

You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

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.

In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.

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.

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 like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too.

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

I'm going to write, and after two years, when I've quit touring, if a special event comes up that I want to do, by all means I will do it, but as far as a structured tour goes, at the last date of 2014 goes, that will be it for touring.

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 been fortunate.

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

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.

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

She's a devil, she's an angel, she's a woman, she's a child. She's a heartache when she leaves you, but she'll leave you with a smile.

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 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'm the luckiest man alive, this is the best day of my life.

As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see. So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.

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

I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget.

I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough.

Do you love me, do you wanna be my friend?

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

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.

Baby fall into my kiss
It should just happen like this ...
... drink up this love ...

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 like the part where you walk up on the stage and you're up there for the show. I like that part.

I'm glad He had the never while staring into space, to give this universe a time and place.

I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years.

I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part.

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

I'm a religious person. I honestly believe we will see each other in heaven someday.

All my ex's live in Texas, And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be, But all my ex's live in Texas, Therefore I reside in Tennessee

I ain't never saw a hearse with a luggage rack." (Quote by George Strait, country singer, and appearing at the end of Bob Mitchell's memoir, Time for a Heart-to-Heart: Reflections on Life in the Face of Death.

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 love to fish. You can go hours without anything happening, and all of a sudden a big blue marlin comes into the spread and it's cockpit chaos. My dream is to catch a grander, a 1,000 pounder.

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

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 discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

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

I'm not the hero who will always save the day, don't always wear a white hat, don't always know the way. I may not even be the dream you wanted to come true, but I'll always be the man in love with you.

I'm not here for a long time. I'm here for a short time

I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song. And, I'll be an old troubadour when I'm gone.

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

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

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.

If twang isn't what I do, I don't know what is.

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