There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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.”
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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.”
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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