I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
GEORGE JONESAfter 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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I want to record if the Lord wants me to still record, and I just want to do my work on the road as long as I got those fans out there.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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