There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
GEORGE JONESSome of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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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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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Some of them don’t have that. They get a couple of releases. If you don’t sell two million copies, you’re gone, you’re out of here.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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