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.”
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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I just thank God I’m still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.
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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’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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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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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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