You never see yourself as others do but I’ve always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.
GEORGE JONESLoneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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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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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