You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
GEORGE JONESThere’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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 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.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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 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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You never see yourself as others do but I’ve always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.
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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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