George Jones Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“I just wanted to sing, in church or wherever.”

“The only music we ever listened to out in the piney woods was Roy Acuff and the Grand Ole Opry. That was the only night of the week I was allowed to lay in the middle of the bed with Mama and Daddy, just long enough to hear Roy Acuff sing; then I had to go back to bed.”

“There were a lot of songs during my MCA years that I thought should have been singles but were not. You can't worry about what wasn't - I was very lucky to have as many hits as I had.”

“We'd just go to church and sing. My dad would get me and my sister Doris, and we would sing together. I sung the harmony, and my sister Doris took the lead.”