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.”
GEORGE JONESI can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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 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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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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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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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 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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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