I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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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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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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