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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.

George Jones

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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Always Out Shut Stop Waiting World
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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Couple Milion Copy Need Release Require Some
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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Bad Couple Giving Hit Lord Pray Record Want Year
Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Inside Love Real Stay True Voice
There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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Country Everything Love Missing People Something Sound
I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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Closer Friend God Just Manin Thank Thing Treat Trying Way
There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Lost Melody Nothing Prettier Song World
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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Good Outsell Sing Somebody Song Version
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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Artist Crook Fix Hat Jeans Kind Lighten Nose Right Straightened Teeth
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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Common Country Man Music Real Simple Speak
No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Matter Sang Song Way
I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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Country Heart Music People Respond Sing
You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Cage Possum Puut
Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Before Country Ger Government Judging Pessimistic Roles Rolle
Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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Alcoholic Character Drinking Drunk Lazy Maybe Other Some Voluntary
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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Artist Completely Country Gospel Modern Music Order People Style Young

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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