No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
GEORGE JONESNo matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
GEORGE JONESAll Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
GEORGE JONESI’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
GEORGE JONESI just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
GEORGE JONESEven they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
GEORGE JONESSome of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
GEORGE JONESCountry music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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.
GEORGE JONESCountry music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
GEORGE JONESMaybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
GEORGE JONESI’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
GEORGE JONESDon’t let the ‘business’ change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.
GEORGE JONESIt goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
GEORGE JONESLoneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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