Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
GEORGE JONESYou can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
More George Jones Quotes
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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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’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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Don’t let the ‘business’ change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.
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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
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