There are questions I’m still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
GEORGE JONESIt goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Anybody who loves country music loves gospel.
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I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
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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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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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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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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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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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There’s bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much.
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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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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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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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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat.
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
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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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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 can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
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If drinking don’t kill me, her memory will.
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Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I’m competing with.
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