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
I picked it up and moved it 10 to 15 yards and put it by a brick wall to stop people getting hurt...Then it went off. I was blown across the road, and a couple of nails lodged in my leg and I was hit by concrete and glass.
I'm in favor of changing the name today because I feel we will reach more people.
Anybody who loves country music loves gospel. Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I'm competing with. We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.
Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.
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 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.
There's bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much. It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory. I love what I've done and I just can't stand to see what they're doing to it. But I've learned to live with it because that's what they've done. They've come in with the modern sounds. I call it modern pop. It's not country anymore.
The story of the veterans should be told. That's our history. It was a global event that is worthy of our respect.
These are very unusual circumstances. Rarely ones get away from us like this, but with the winds and conditions, we couldn't do anything so we brought in other agencies to get it under control.
We feel pretty comfortable. We're hoping quite confidently there will be enough water to do what we need to do.
I don't know why nobody thought of it earlier.
I am glad Buck and I got to spend some time together on his recent West Coast tour. He was a wonderful friend and he will be dearly missed.
One thing that really makes a place home is having a place where my grandchildren can run and play and do things and I don't have to worry about them. This is a crime-free place. Knowing all of this makes me more relaxed.
I feel great at the moment. In many ways, this is the best time of my life. I'm not fooling with alcohol or drugs anymore and I really feel in great health. I also quit smoking cigarettes when I had my car accident so I have a lot more breath control and can hit notes that I hadn't hit for years.