A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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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 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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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