I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
GEORGE JONESDon’t let the ‘business’ change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.
More George Jones Quotes
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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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 lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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