I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to 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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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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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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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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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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You never see yourself as others do but I’ve always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.
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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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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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