Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
GEORGE JONESLoneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
More George Jones Quotes
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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 just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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