I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
GEORGE JONESNo matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
More George Jones Quotes
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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’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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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’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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 you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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