It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
GEORGE JONESWe didn’t want to sing but we sang.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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 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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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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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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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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You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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