A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
GEORGE JONESI just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
More George Jones Quotes
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, ‘Lord, please give me a hit.’ I want one so bad.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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