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 JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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 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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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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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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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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