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.
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.
More George Jones Quotes
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
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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 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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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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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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We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
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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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