God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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 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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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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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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