I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
GEORGE JONESIt goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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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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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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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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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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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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The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain’t.
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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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If you’re gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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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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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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