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.
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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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Some 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.
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I 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.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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 can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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