I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
GEORGE JONESI’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
More George Jones Quotes
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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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 just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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 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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