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.
GEORGE JONESIf drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
More George Jones Quotes
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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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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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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