Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
GEORGE JONESYou can’t put this possum in a cage
More George Jones Quotes
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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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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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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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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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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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