CMT News  George Strait: The CMT Insider Interview He Tells Host
Katie Cook About His Plans for the Future George Strait George
Strait    Cook: I can't imagine you would have come to this
decision lightly. What are the main reasons for closing this era
of your career?  Strait: Well, I think that it's been in the
back of my mind for quite a while. And trust me, it wasn't easy.
It wasn't an easy decision to make. I've lost a lot of sleep
over it, but I just feel like I'm not really retiring. 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 just quit everything. I just have done
it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I
can live without that part.   There was. I mean, like I said,
it's been a part of my life for 35 years and ... right now, I'm
still having second thoughts about it, but I know that come
about the middle