It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
GEORGE JONESDifferent people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it’s not the right way but wrong’s what I do best.
More George Jones Quotes
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
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I’d rather sing a sad song than eat.
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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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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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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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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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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Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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I can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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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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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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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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Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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