We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
GEORGE JONESThere, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
More George Jones Quotes
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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’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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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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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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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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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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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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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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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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