There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
GEORGE JONESDifferent people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
More George Jones Quotes
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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It didn’t make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he’d say, “Get up and sing me some songs.”
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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Don’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.
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