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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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
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Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
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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 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 would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.
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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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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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