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.
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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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 can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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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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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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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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