All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
GEORGE JONESYou can’t put this possum in a cage
More George Jones Quotes
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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 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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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