No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
GEORGE JONESIf people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
More George Jones Quotes
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Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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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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