We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
GEORGE JONESCountry 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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