Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
GEORGE JONESIf you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
More George Jones Quotes
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Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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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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