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.
GEORGE JONESI would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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