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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.

George Jones

I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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Always Break Field Gospel Job Living Made Music Someway
Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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Common Country Man Music Real Simple Speak
If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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Baby Crazy Drink Drive
We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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Desire Need Result Sang Sing Want
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
I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.
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Break Field Lost Love Naturally never Offer Other Road
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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Enough Mind People Sing Special Yea
Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that’s it.
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Artist Couple Five Forget Four Nowadays Year
Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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Before Country Ger Government Judging Pessimistic Roles Rolle
There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
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Enough Longer Inspirational Life Question Wise
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
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
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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Album Artist Away Buy Country Music Need Support
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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Good Outsell Sing Somebody Song Version
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
Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.
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Character Chemistry Drink Enough Maybe Other Problem

It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.

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