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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.

George Jones

Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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Different Measure People Philosophy Success Way Wrong
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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Bad Couple Giving Hit Lord Pray Record Want Year
I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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Country Good Love Muisc Stuff Traditional Wrong
I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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Bought Cocaine Foolishness New Rest Spent Took
We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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Desire Need Result Sang Sing Want
There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Engine Gleaming Glow Half Horse Key Seat Taken Ten
Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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Country Directly High Life Low Music Relate Simply Something Speak
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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Artist Crook Fix Hat Jeans Kind Lighten Nose Right Straightened Teeth
Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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Couple Milion Copy Need Release Require Some
I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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Always Break Field Gospel Job Living Made Music Someway
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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Country Difference Drunk Father Night Say Sing Song Time
I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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Closer Friend God Just Manin Thank Thing Treat Trying Way
Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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Artist Couple Five Forget Four Nowadays Year
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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Anymore Country Done Learn Love Modern Pop Sound Stand
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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Country Format Hope Music never Others Proud Yourself
Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
GEORGE JONES

Before Country Ger Government Judging Pessimistic Roles Rolle

I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.

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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.

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