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.
GEORGE JONESMaybe 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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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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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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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