I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
GEORGE JONESMaybe 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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 should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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It didn’t make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he’d say, “Get up and sing me some songs.”
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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