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,
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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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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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 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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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