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.
GEORGE JONESBefore then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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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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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’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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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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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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