No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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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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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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 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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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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