38+ George Jones Quotes On Music, Country And Honky-tonk

George Jones was an American musician known for his long career in country music. He was known for his smooth voice and his signature song "He Stopped Loving Her Today". His career spanned over fifty years and he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992. Following is our collection on famous quotes by George Jones on music, country, honky-tonk.

Top 10 George Jones Quotes

1. There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
2. Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
3. The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't.
4. You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
5. 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.
6. I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.
7. There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
8. If you're gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.
9. Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.
10. God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.

George Jones Short Quotes

• I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.
• He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.
• I've had a lot of practice and wrong's what I do best.
• If drinking don't kill me, her memory will.
• No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.
• You can't put this possum in a cage
• Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.
• I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.

George Jones Quotes About Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

George Jones Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life Lessons by George Jones

1. George Jones taught us that hard work and dedication can lead to success, as he was one of the most successful country musicians of all time.
2. He also showed us the importance of staying true to yourself and your style, as he refused to compromise his sound and style to fit the trends of the time.
3. Finally, Jones' music demonstrated the power of emotion, as his songs were often filled with raw emotion and passion.