You can’t put this possum in a cage
GEORGE JONESCountry 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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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’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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 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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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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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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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I love what I’ve done and I just can’t stand to see what they’re doing to it. But I’ve learned to live with it because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It’s not country anymore.
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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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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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Don’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.
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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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