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.
GEORGE JONESA key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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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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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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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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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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Maybe 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.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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