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.
GEORGE JONESYou can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
More George Jones Quotes
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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 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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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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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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.
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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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