We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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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 always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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.
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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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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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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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