Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
GEORGE JONESCountry music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
More George Jones Quotes
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.
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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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 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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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