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 Copy Share Image
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,… — George Jones Copy Share Image
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… — George Jones Copy Share Image
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… — George Jones Copy Share Image
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… — George Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we… — George Jones Copy Share Image
