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.
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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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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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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’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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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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