You can’t put this possum in a cage
GEORGE JONESAll Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
More George Jones Quotes
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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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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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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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 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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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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