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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.

George Jones

I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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Bought Cocaine Foolishness New Rest Spent Took
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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Artist Completely Country Gospel Modern Music Order People Style Young
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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Anymore Country Done Learn Love Modern Pop Sound Stand
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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Country Difference Drunk Father Night Say Sing Song Time
We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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Desire Need Result Sang Sing Want
I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.
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Artist Country Hear Label More Radio Record Rock Some
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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Different Measure People Philosophy Success Way Wrong
There’s nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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Lost Melody Nothing Prettier Song World
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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Couple Milion Copy Need Release Require Some
There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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Eight Enjoy Food Gain Keep Long Through Want Weight
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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Fan Lord Out Record Road Still There Want Work
Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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Country Directly High Life Low Music Relate Simply Something Speak
A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.
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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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Business Country Everybody Men Music Old Stuck Stuff Traditionalist
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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Country Format Hope Music never Others Proud Yourself

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