85 Quotes by George Jones

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

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.

When you’re happy you enjoy the music. When you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.

Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.

My mama loved me more than anybody ever did.

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.

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.