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.
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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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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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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 sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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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 just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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 bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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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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