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.
GEORGE JONESThere, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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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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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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