It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
GEORGE JONESHe stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
More George Jones Quotes
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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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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 took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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