I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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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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