There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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 just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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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