I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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 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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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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 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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
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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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