He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
GEORGE JONESThere are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
More George Jones Quotes
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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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