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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.

George Jones

Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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Artist Couple Five Forget Four Nowadays Year
There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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Country Everything Love Missing People Something Sound
You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Cage Possum Puut
I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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Anymore Country Done Learn Love Modern Pop Sound Stand
There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Lost Melody Nothing Prettier Song World
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.
GEORGE JONES

Artist Crook Fix Hat Jeans Kind Lighten Nose Right Straightened Teeth
We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
GEORGE JONES

Desire Need Result Sang Sing Want
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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Common Country Man Music Real Simple Speak
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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Break Field Lost Love Naturally never Offer Other Road
Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Inside Love Real Stay True Voice
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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Bad Couple Giving Hit Lord Pray Record Want Year
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.
GEORGE JONES

Fan Lord Out Record Road Still There Want Work
All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
GEORGE JONES

Good Outsell Sing Somebody Song Version
He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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Death Door Love Stop Today Wreath
The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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Different Forgiven Other Saint Sinner
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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Enough Mind People Sing Special Yea

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