Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
GEORGE JONESI can’t be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff.
More George Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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We didn’t want to sing but we sang.
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A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get ’em the right kind of hat, and if anything’s wrong with their nose, if it’s a little crooked, it’s got to be straightened up.
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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 want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,
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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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I’ve always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music,
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He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
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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 sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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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 music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.
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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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