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.
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 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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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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.
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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got 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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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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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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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