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.
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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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Everybody 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,
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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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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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