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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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 drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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