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.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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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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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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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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