God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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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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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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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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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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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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