I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
GEORGE JONESIt goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
More George Jones Quotes
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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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 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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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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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 sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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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There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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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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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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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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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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