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You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.

George Jones

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.
GEORGE JONES

Closer Friend God Just Manin Thank Thing Treat Trying Way
I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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Bought Cocaine Foolishness New Rest Spent Took
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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Country Format Hope Music never Others Proud Yourself
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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Business Country Everybody Men Music Old Stuck Stuff Traditionalist
We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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Desire Need Result Sang Sing Want
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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Enough Mind People Sing Special Yea
I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
GEORGE JONES

Again Drunk Head Home Honk Lay Social Taboo
You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Cage Possum Puut
I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
GEORGE JONES

Country Good Love Muisc Stuff Traditional Wrong
Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
GEORGE JONES

Alcoholic Character Drinking Drunk Lazy Maybe Other Some Voluntary
Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
GEORGE JONES

Country Directly High Life Low Music Relate Simply Something Speak
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.
GEORGE JONES

Couple Milion Copy Need Release Require Some
After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, ‘Lord, please give me a hit.’ I want one so bad.
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Bad Couple Giving Hit Lord Pray Record Want Year
There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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Enough Longer Inspirational Life Question Wise
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 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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Continue Each Everything Fan One Say Support Thank Year You

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