There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
GEORGE JONESIt goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
More George Jones Quotes
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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 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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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 music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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