There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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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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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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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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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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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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 lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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I 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.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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