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.
GEORGE JONESYou can’t put this possum in a cage
More George Jones Quotes
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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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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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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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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