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.
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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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I’m an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I’ve got out there,
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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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