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.
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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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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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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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