Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

- George Strait

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

- George Strait

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

- George Strait

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life... I like to be outdoors, I like to hunt, I like to fish, I like to play golf.

- George Strait

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

- George Strait

Swing is my favorite kind of music.

- George Strait

I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.

- 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.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

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

- George Strait

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

- George Strait

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

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait

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.

- George Strait