It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
GEORGE JONESYou 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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,
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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 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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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