I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
GEORGE JONESBe real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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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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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
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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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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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