It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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 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 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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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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