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 JONESAnybody who loves country music loves gospel.
More George Jones Quotes
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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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’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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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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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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