We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
GEORGE JONESEverybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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 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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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