You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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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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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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