If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
GEORGE JONESI want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.
More George Jones Quotes
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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, ‘Lord, please give me a hit.’ I want one so bad.
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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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