I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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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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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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A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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