I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
GEORGE JONESBe real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
More George Jones Quotes
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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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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