I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
GEORGE JONESNo matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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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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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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