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.
GEORGE JONESIt might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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