George Jones Quotes

• If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.

  Waylon Jennings

  Sound, Wanted, Ifs

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• I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was without question and by far the BEST! I first met and worked with him when I was 13 years old; I am so very grateful that he was my friend.

  Barbara Mandrell

  Country, Believe, Grateful

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• George Jones and I happen to share the same birthday. The first and only time I met him (which I believe was at the Opry if my memory serves me), I told him that. His response, 'You must be trouble.' Takes one to know one, I am so proud to say. George, his music and his mischievous trouble, will all be missed. He is a country legend.

  Jennifer Nettles

  Country, Memories, Believe

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• George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.

  Ray Stevens

  Voice, Forever, Gone

  FaceBook post by Ray Stevens from Apr 26, 2013

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• George Jones was my friend and I loved him.

  Trace Adkins

  My Friends

  Twitter post from Apr 26, 2013

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• He had a voice that was the truth, raw and unfiltered. You can't get any realer, any more tortured or any more alive. No one can do what George Jones does, and that's why 50 years later, he still stands out as one of the greatest singers in any genre of all time.

  Kenny Chesney

  Years, Voice, Doe

  "George Jones called 'greatest country singer of all time'". www.foxnews.com. April 26, 2013.

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• When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

  Dolly Parton

  People, Listening To Music

  "Parton words: Dolly dishes on tour, upcoming CD". The Arizona Republic Interview with Randy Cordova, January 26, 2014.

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• George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

  Dolly Parton

  People, World, Singers

  "Country Music Legend George Jones Dies at 81" by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 26, 2013.

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• You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones. And just about anybody you can think of who has made country music has been on that stage. That's what makes you so nervous - to think about the historical part of the Opry and how it's played such a part in country music.

  Alan Jackson

  Country, Thinking, People

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• Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing a gospel song?

  Marty Stuart

  Song, People, Church

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• And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think some people are really great at it, like Tammy Wynette and George Jones and Tony Bennett.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Art, Jobs, Thinking

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• George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known. Everybody knows George Jones. But George has such a unique voice. And he made such timeless songs, like "Color of the Blues", just real hard-core country stuff.

  Patty Loveless

  Country, Song, Real

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• I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

  Brad Paisley

  Depression, Dark, Stuff

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Man, for someone like me who had George Jones music imprinted in my DNA before birth, the last few years have been rough as a fan of country music.

  Sammy Kershaw

  Country, Men, Dna

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• Well, I don't let anyone record with me that is not a fan of mine or believe in my music. Everybody that records for me, from Bob Dylan on down to George Jones, everybody loves me and my music, and I knew they would do their best that they could do, and they did. I didn't doubt them a bit. There's some country people that I wouldn't want, which didn't record with me.

  Ralph Stanley

  Country, Believe, People

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• I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't listening to country music before is listening to 'Cruise' on Pandora, and after that a song by George Jones comes on, they may have never heard George Jones before. I think it's a good thing for the genre.

  Scotty McCreery

  Country, Song, Thinking

  "Scotty McCreery on ‘See You Tonight,’ Brad Paisley and country lyrics". Interview with Melinda Newman, uproxx.com. October 17, 2013.

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• I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.

  Cody Johnson

  Country, Song, Rocks

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• "He Stopped Loving Her Today" a fascinating book about the making of a record. Really, to be honest, it has some of the best George Jones anecdotes I've ever read, like cocaine psychosis causing this personality called "the Duck."

  Scott McClanahan

  Book, Ducks, Psychosis

  "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

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• I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).

  Elvis Costello

  Country, Brother, Kids

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• People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.

  Johnny Cash

  Country, Mean, People

  "RIP George Jones: 1931-2013" by Rich Kienzle, communityvoices.post-gazette.com. April 26, 2013.

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• Country music as we know it would be vastly different if it weren't for George Jones. He's in our musical DNA. All country artists will have to figure out how to even begin to live up to his kind of legacy. 'Honky Tonk Heaven,' here he comes... though we're not ready to let go.

  Pam Tillis

  Letting Go, Country, Artist

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• Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.

  Jason Aldean

  Laid Back, Dirt Roads, Yeah

  Song: Dirt Road Anthem, Album: My Kinda Party, 2010

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• George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived.  He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener – I think more than anyone else.  He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.

  Kenny Rogers

  Country, Thinking, Singers

  FaceBook post by Kenny Rogers from Apr 26, 2013

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• I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites.

  Tanya Tucker

  Country, Thinking, Haggard

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• I'm a member of the George Jones fan club, and I'm a member of U2's fan club.

  Dierks Bentley

  Fans, Clubs, Members

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