All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
GEORGE JONESEverybody 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,
More George Jones Quotes
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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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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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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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