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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.

George Jones

There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
GEORGE JONES

Enough Longer Inspirational Life Question Wise
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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Artist Completely Country Gospel Modern Music Order People Style Young
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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Couple Milion Copy Need Release Require Some
I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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Country Good Love Muisc Stuff Traditional Wrong
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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Always Business Change Fake Fan Love Response Singer Tell
I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Eat Rather Sad Sing Song
Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Inside Love Real Stay True Voice
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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Country Difference Drunk Father Night Say Sing Song Time
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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Anymore Country Done Learn Love Modern Pop Sound Stand
Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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Choice Lessened Loneliness Lonely
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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Again Drunk Head Home Honk Lay Social Taboo
Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
GEORGE JONES

Different Measure People Philosophy Success Way Wrong
It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Beyond Goes Love Misuse Money Much People Something
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.
GEORGE JONES

Character Chemistry Drink Enough Maybe Other Problem
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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Always Out Shut Stop Waiting World
All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
GEORGE JONES

Good Outsell Sing Somebody Song Version

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