George Jones Quotes

• If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.

  Waylon Jennings

  Sound, Wanted, Ifs

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• George Jones and I happen to share the same birthday. The first and only time I met him (which I believe was at the Opry if my memory serves me), I told him that. His response, 'You must be trouble.' Takes one to know one, I am so proud to say. George, his music and his mischievous trouble, will all be missed. He is a country legend.

  Jennifer Nettles

  Country, Memories, Believe

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• I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was without question and by far the BEST! I first met and worked with him when I was 13 years old; I am so very grateful that he was my friend.

  Barbara Mandrell

  Country, Believe, Grateful

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• George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.

  Ray Stevens

  Voice, Forever, Gone

  FaceBook post by Ray Stevens from Apr 26, 2013

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• Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing a gospel song?

  Marty Stuart

  Song, People, Church

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• Today is a sad day in Country music. We have lost another piece of history. George Jones was not only a good singer, but was a good friend. He will be missed by many.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Country, Good Friend, Pieces

  FaceBook post by Hank Williams Jr. from Apr 26, 2013

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• Country music and the world will miss George Jones. He was someone who set a high standard in our industry for great music and lyrics that tapped into the emotions of the human heart at a very deep level. His music has touched the lives of country music lovers for over five decades. My prayers are with his family and I pray for the repose of his soul. May you rest in peace, brother.

  Collin Raye

  Country, Brother, Rest In Peace

  FaceBook post by Collin Raye from Apr 26, 2013

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• I do sing about drinking, but it's in a party way. I don't sing about drinking in a drowning-my-sorrows way, like in George Jones's "If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)."

  Kenny Chesney

  Memories, Party, Drinking

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• I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing of one of my all time heroes, George Jones. Georges' music was real and he was able to touch thousands through his songs. Not only was he a great singer, but he also had the ability to make you relate to every one of his songs, no matter who you are. He and his music will remain timeless in the world of country music. My thoughts and prayers are with his family through this difficult time.

  Easton Corbin

  Country, Song, Prayer

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• George Jones has been a major part of my personal and professional life for a long time. I have been inspired by his music for the last 50 years and for 42 of those, I had the pleasure of knowing him personally and professionally. He was IT to me. George was and will always be my guy. I am luckier than a lot of people on this Earth because God let me be a part of George's life and him a part of mine. And on this day, his song couldn't be more true: 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'

  Sammy Kershaw

  Song, Years, Knowing

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• Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.

  Dolly Parton

  Country, Real, Voice

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• George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.

  Keith Richards

  Unique, Style, Treasure

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• Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can REALLY hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones.

  Gale Harold

  Jesus, Rocks, Hands

  "Queer as Folk ‘s Gale Harold". Interview with Ilana Rapp, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2014.

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• He had a voice that was the truth, raw and unfiltered. You can't get any realer, any more tortured or any more alive. No one can do what George Jones does, and that's why 50 years later, he still stands out as one of the greatest singers in any genre of all time.

  Kenny Chesney

  Years, Voice, Doe

  "George Jones called 'greatest country singer of all time'". www.foxnews.com. April 26, 2013.

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• George Jones was my friend and I loved him.

  Trace Adkins

  My Friends

  Twitter post from Apr 26, 2013

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• And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think some people are really great at it, like Tammy Wynette and George Jones and Tony Bennett.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Art, Jobs, Thinking

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• George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known. Everybody knows George Jones. But George has such a unique voice. And he made such timeless songs, like "Color of the Blues", just real hard-core country stuff.

  Patty Loveless

  Country, Song, Real

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• Man, for someone like me who had George Jones music imprinted in my DNA before birth, the last few years have been rough as a fan of country music.

  Sammy Kershaw

  Country, Men, Dna

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• Well, I don't let anyone record with me that is not a fan of mine or believe in my music. Everybody that records for me, from Bob Dylan on down to George Jones, everybody loves me and my music, and I knew they would do their best that they could do, and they did. I didn't doubt them a bit. There's some country people that I wouldn't want, which didn't record with me.

  Ralph Stanley

  Country, Believe, People

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• I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't listening to country music before is listening to 'Cruise' on Pandora, and after that a song by George Jones comes on, they may have never heard George Jones before. I think it's a good thing for the genre.

  Scotty McCreery

  Country, Song, Thinking

  "Scotty McCreery on ‘See You Tonight,’ Brad Paisley and country lyrics". Interview with Melinda Newman, uproxx.com. October 17, 2013.

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• I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.

  Cody Johnson

  Country, Song, Rocks

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• "He Stopped Loving Her Today" a fascinating book about the making of a record. Really, to be honest, it has some of the best George Jones anecdotes I've ever read, like cocaine psychosis causing this personality called "the Duck."

  Scott McClanahan

  Book, Ducks, Psychosis

  "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

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• Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.

  Jason Aldean

  Laid Back, Dirt Roads, Yeah

  Song: Dirt Road Anthem, Album: My Kinda Party, 2010

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• When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

  Dolly Parton

  People, Listening To Music

  "Parton words: Dolly dishes on tour, upcoming CD". The Arizona Republic Interview with Randy Cordova, January 26, 2014.

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• George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

  Dolly Parton

  People, World, Singers

  "Country Music Legend George Jones Dies at 81" by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 26, 2013.

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