85 Quotes by George Jones

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'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.

If you're gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.

I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it. You never see yourself as others do but I've always beeen proud to be part of country music and I hope that the format is proud of me.

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 lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.

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 for that old mower was five miles per hour. It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.

You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.

You can't put this possum in a cage