If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
GEORGE JONESIf people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
GEORGE JONESI hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
GEORGE JONESMaybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
GEORGE JONESBefore then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
GEORGE JONESEverybody 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,
GEORGE JONESCountry 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.
GEORGE JONESYou can’t put this possum in a cage
GEORGE JONESA key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
GEORGE JONESWe didn’t want to sing but we sang.
GEORGE JONESIt 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.”
GEORGE JONESYou 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.
GEORGE JONESNo matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
GEORGE JONESI lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
GEORGE JONESDon’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.
GEORGE JONESHe stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
GEORGE JONESWe 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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