Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
GEORGE JONESThe only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
More George Jones Quotes
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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 hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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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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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 just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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