I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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.
More George Jones Quotes
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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