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.
GEORGE JONESI took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
More George Jones Quotes
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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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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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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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 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’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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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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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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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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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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