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.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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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 can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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