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.
GEORGE JONESIf drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
More George Jones Quotes
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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 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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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