I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
GEORGE JONESA 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 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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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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 sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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