Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
GEORGE JONESIf you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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