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 More Quotes by George Jones More Quotes From George Jones There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask. George Jones wiseinspirationallife The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't. George Jones forgivensaintdifferent 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. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to. George Jones realsimplecountry Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so. George Jones dreamlove-youromantic I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness. George Jones cocainefoolishness Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks. 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. George Jones lazydrinkingcharacter I've had a lot of practice and wrong's what I do best. George Jones low-self-esteempractice There's bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much. It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory. 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. George Jones soundcountrypeople You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do. George Jones always-waitingwaitingworld I just thank God I'm still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated. George Jones thank-godtryingway Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice. George Jones lonelylonelinesschoices Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best. George Jones philosophypeopleway If drinking don't kill me, her memory will. George Jones sadnessdrinkingmemories There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. George Jones lostsongworld You can't put this possum in a cage George Jones possumscages There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour. It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did. George Jones keystakenhalf Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you. 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. George Jones voicereallove-is I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again. George Jones social-taboosdrunkhome 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 heartcountrypeople Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I'm an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old man and stuck in my old ways, but with all the fans I've got out there, I can't be all that wrong. I do love traditional country music. I love the good stuff. George Jones stuffmencountry
