I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
GEORGE JONESI 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.
More George Jones Quotes
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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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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