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.
GEORGE JONESIt 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.”
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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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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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I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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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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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