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.
GEORGE JONESEven they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
More George Jones Quotes
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Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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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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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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, ‘Lord, please give me a hit.’ I want one so bad.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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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.
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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