No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
GEORGE JONESToday they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
More George Jones Quotes
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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 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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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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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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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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