We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
GEORGE JONESWe didn’t want to sing but we sang.
GEORGE JONESHe stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
GEORGE JONESNo matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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.
GEORGE JONESMaybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
GEORGE JONESI’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
GEORGE JONESI just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
GEORGE JONESWe older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
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.
GEORGE JONESEverybody 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,
GEORGE JONESThere are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
GEORGE JONESAfter 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.
GEORGE JONESI’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
GEORGE JONESI 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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