I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
GEORGE JONESI’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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.
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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You never see yourself as others do but I’ve always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.
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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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