Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
GEORGE JONESI’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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