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.
GEORGE JONESA 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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 would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.
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You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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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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