Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
GEORGE JONESWe older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
More George Jones Quotes
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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 just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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 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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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