No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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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 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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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.
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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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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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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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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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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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