There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
GEORGE JONESThere are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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