There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
GEORGE JONESI’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
More George Jones Quotes
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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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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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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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 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 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 sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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