After the first couple of years recording, I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I… — George Jones Copy Share Image
Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older… — George Jones Copy Share Image
I tried to be a house painter, but I couldn't stand all that paint all over me. — George Jones Copy Share Image
We'd just go to church and sing. My dad would get me and my sister Doris, and we would sing together. I… — 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
