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.
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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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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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