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.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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