All 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 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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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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Country 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.
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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