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.
GEORGE JONESBe real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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 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 are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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