The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
GEORGE JONESEven they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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 took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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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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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.
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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’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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