It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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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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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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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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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