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.
GEORGE JONESGod bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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I 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.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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