George Jones Quotes - Page 2

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• No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.

  George Jones

  Song, Matter, Way

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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!

  George Jones

  Song, Would Be, Versions

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• He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.

  George Jones

  Death, Doors, Wreaths

  Song: He Stopped Loving Her Today

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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.

  George Jones

  Artist, Jeans, Noses

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• 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." We didn't want to sing but we sang.

  George Jones

  Country, Song, Father

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• If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.

  George Jones

  Years, People, Mind

  Source: www.cbn.com

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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.

  George Jones

  Country, Artist, Rocks

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• I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, 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.

  George Jones

  Jobs, Fields, Break

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.

  George Jones

  Boys, Shoes, Blue

  Song: Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes

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• Anybody who loves country music loves gospel. Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I'm competing with. We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.

  George Jones

  Country, Artist, People

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• Today they forget you in five years. They give an artist nowadays four or five years and that's it. 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.

  George Jones

  Couple, Artist, Years

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.

  George Jones

  Government, Judging, Roles

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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.

  George Jones

  Couple, Years, Giving

  Source: www.cbn.com

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