George Strait

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

“I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened.”

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

“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.”

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

“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'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.”

“Swing is my favorite kind of music.”

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

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

“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'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 love to fish offshore for billfish, and have fished all over for them from the Bahamas, St. Thomas, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico to the Texas gulf. I haven't made it to Australia yet, but someday I'm going.”

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

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

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