Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
GEORGE JONESWalk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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 sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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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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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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