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.
GEORGE JONESGod bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
More George Jones Quotes
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You never see yourself as others do but I’ve always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.
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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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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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 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 didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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