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
All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!
God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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.
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.
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.
Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.
I’d rather sing a sad song than eat,
If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they were taken so soon. I loved and miss Johnny Cash. I miss my old buddy Johnny Paycheck, who happens to be buried in an area of the cemetery that I bought for my family.
Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older to lose your friends and family.
There was no such thing as production at Starday. We'd go in with the band, we'd go over the song, I'd look over and tell the steel player to take a break or kick it off, and I'd get the fiddle to play a turnaround in the middle.
When you don't act right to your family and friends, that's bad, but they also have the opportunity to experience the 'good' side as well. Disappointing the fans is an entirely different thing because the fans love your music and save up money to see you in concert.
I tried to be a house painter, but I couldn't stand all that paint all over me.
I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I'd be able to meet him or see him onstage, or especially become good friends with him. For all this to happen, it's hard to explain what a dream this is when you love something as much as I love traditional country music.