Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
GEORGE JONESThere’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
More George Jones Quotes
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It didn’t make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he’d say, “Get up and sing me some songs.”
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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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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