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,
GEORGE JONESThere, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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