George Jones
George Jones
George Glenn Joneswas an American musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his most well known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last 20 years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill C. Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth12 September 1931
CitySaratoga, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Walk through this world with me, go where I go. Share all your dreams with me, for I love you so.
I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't.
Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.
I've had a lot of practice and wrong's what I do best.
There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.
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.
You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.
If drinking don't kill me, her memory will.
You can't put this possum in a cage
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.
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.
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.
Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.