I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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.
More George Jones Quotes
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I 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.
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I 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.
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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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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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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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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