We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
GEORGE JONES
We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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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.
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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 hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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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 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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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