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.”
GEORGE JONESAnybody who loves country music loves gospel.
More George Jones Quotes
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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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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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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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