I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it. 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. George Jones More Quotes by George Jones More Quotes From George Jones I'd rather sing a sad song than eat. George Jones sad-song song I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I'm gaining weight, 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. George Jones weight want long If you're gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink. George Jones drink crazy baby God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis. George Jones shoes blue boys No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way. George Jones matter song way He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door. George Jones wreaths doors death 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 jeans artist noses 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 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 versions would-be song 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 mind people years 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 song country father 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. George Jones saying-thank-you fans years 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 rocks artist country 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 artist country people 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 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 giving years Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline. George Jones roles government judging I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they were taken so soon. I loved and miss Johnny Cash. I miss my old buddy Johnny Paycheck, who happens to be buried in an area of the cemetery that I bought for my family. George Jones you friends family old-friends My mama loved me more than anybody ever did. George Jones loved more me mama There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song. George Jones nothing good song world
