I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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It didn’t make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he’d say, “Get up and sing me some songs.”
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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 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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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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