We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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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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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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