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"My reputation follows me around, Just makes me wanna give them more to talk about. Let’s go to town for a little while, I’ll be wearing nothin' but a tattoo and a smile.Ain’t no use in tryin' to slow me down, ‘Cause you’re runnin' with the fastest girl in town. Ain’t ya, baby? You're kinda crazy."

"'Cause it'll all come out, all come out in the wash. It'll all come out, all come out in the wash. Every little stain, every little heartbreak, No matter how messy it got. You take the sin and the men and you throw 'em all in And you put that sucker on spin."

"I feel like this long string of lights, They lit up our whole house on Christmas day. But now it's January, and the bulbs have all burned out. But still, they hang, Like dead flowers."

"'Cause I heard Jesus, he drank wine And I bet we'd get along just fine. He could calm a storm and heal the blind, And I bet he'd understand a heart like mine."

"At the baggage claim, you got a lot of luggage in your name When you hit the ground, check the lost and found Cause it ain't my problem now I can't carry it on, I've got a lot of troubles on my own It's all over the yard, in the trunk of the car I'm packing' it in, so come and get it."

"Hey there, Mr. Tin Man, You don't know how lucky you are. You shouldn't spend your whole life wishin' For something bound to fall apart. Every time you're feeling empty, Better thank your lucky stars. If you ever felt one breaking, You'd never want a heart."

"So lets shake hands and reach across those party lines You got your friends just like I got mine. We might think a little differently, But we got a lot in common, you will see. We're just like you, only prettier."

"Hey, white liar The truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire Slips off of your tongue like turpentine And I don't know why, white liar."

"Forgiving you, Well, she's stronger than I am. You don't look much like a man from where I'm at. It's plain to see desperation showed it's truth You love her, and she loves you with all she has I guess I should've been more like that."

"I'm a wild child and a homing pigeon, Caravan and an empty kitchen. Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds One heart goin' both directions, One love and a couple of questions: Am I settlin' up or settlin' down? Am I settlin' up or settlin' down?"

"Another vice, another town Where my past can't run me down. Another life, another call, Another bed I shouldn't crawl out of At 7 AM with shoes in my hand. Said I wouldn't do it, but I did it again. And I know I'll be gone tomorrow night. Mm, another vice."

"If you borrow dresses like you borrow time, If you dream all day and drink all night, If you're looking for love but willing to fight Over men and mama's and Miller Lites, Well then, we should be friends.I don't know you well but I know that look. And I can judge the cover 'cause I read the book On losing sleep and gaining weight, On pain and shame and crazy trains."

"But you went away How dare you? I miss you. They say I’ll be OK. But I’m not going to ever get over you."

"Hey, whatever happened to waitin' your turn? Doing it all by hand?<br?Cause when everything is handed to you, It's only worth as much as the time put in. It all just seemed so good the way we had it, Back before everything became automatic."

"If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free, Rolling around these towns like tumbleweeds. I'd be a legend at loving and leaving, Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings. You thought the west was wild, but you ain't saddled up with me, If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen."

"And if the house just keeps on winning, I got a wildcard up my sleeve. And if love keeps giving me lemons, I'll just mix 'em in my drink. And if the whole wide world stops singing And all the stars go dark, I'll keep a light on in my soul, Keep a bluebird in my heart."

"So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine, for a little while Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top and run like hell to show it off Oh, promises were made when we'd go walking That's just me and Charlie talking."

"Forget your high society, I'm soakin' it in kerosene. Light 'em up and watch them burn, teach them what they need to learn; ha! Dirty hands ain't made for shakin', ain't a rule that ain't worth breakin'. Well, I'm givin' up on love 'cause love's given up on me."

"I'm going home, gonna load my shotgun, Wait by the door and light a cigarette. If he wants a fight, well, now he's got one. And he ain't seen me crazy yet. He slapped my face and he shook me like a rag doll Don't that sound like a real man? I'm gonna show him what little girls are made of: Gunpowder and lead."

"I guess if you don’t jump, you’ll never know if you can fly."

"Sweet like a kiss, sharp like a razor blade, I find you when I'm close to the bottom. You can't appreciate the time it takes To kick a love I always knew was kind of wrong. And as I'm putting out the flame, Somebody brings up your name."

"Let's shake hands & reach across those party lines, you got ur friends just like I got mine, we might think a little differently but we got a lot n common u will see, we're just like you....ONLY PRETTIER!!"

"Every last one, route one, rural heart's got a story to tell Every grandma, in-law, ex-girlfriend Maybe knows you just a little too well Whether you're late for church or you're stuck in jail Hey, word's gonna get around Everybody dies famous in a small town."

"And I'll grab the wheel and point it west, Pack the good and leave the rest. I'll drive until I find the missing piece. You said I wouldn't get too far on a tank of gas And an empty heart, But I have everything I'll ever need. I got this old guitar and a brand new set of strings."

"Tender nights before they fly Send falling stars that seem to cry. Your baby doesn't want you anymore, It's over."

"Pretty woman walking down the street. Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet. Pretty woman... I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you. Mercy!"

"Saving nickels, saving dimes, Working 'till the sun don't shine, Looking forward to happier times On Blue Bayou. I'm going back some day, Come what may, to Blue Bayou. Where you sleep all day And the catfish play, on Blue Bayou."

"Every time I look into your lovely eyes, I see a love that money just can't buy. One look from you, I drift away. I pray that you are here to stay.Anything you want, you got it. Anything you need, you got it. Anything at all, you got it. Baby."

"A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper "Go to sleep. Everything is all right."I close my eyes, then I drift away. Into the magic night, I softly say A silent prayer like dreamers do. Then I fall asleep to dreams, my dreams of you."

"I was alright for awhile; I could smile for awhile. But I saw you last night, You held my hand so tight, As you stopped to say, "Hello".Oh, you wished me well, You couldn't tell That I'd been crying over you. Crying over you.When you said, "So long" Left me standing all alone, Alone and crying, crying. Crying, crying."

"Workin' all day and the sun don't shine, Trying to get by and I'm just killing time. I feel the rain fall the whole night through, Far away from you California blue."

"There goes my baby, There goes my heart. They're gone forever, So far apart.But only the lonely Know why I cry. Only the lonely."

"Just runnin' scared each place we go, So afraid that he might show. Yeah, runnin' scared, what would I do If he came back and wanted you?"

"We click so well musically, it just works."

"The music industry has basically become an indie artist's dream."

"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."

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

"If we could all sound like we wanted to, we’d sound like George Jones."

"While he and his idol, Hank Williams, have both affected generations with a plaintive veracity of voice that has set them apart, Jones has an additional gift—a voice of exceptional range, natural elegance, and lucent tone. Gliding toward high tenor, plunging toward deep bass, the magisterial portamento of his onward-coursing baritone emits white-hot sparks and torrents of blue, investing his poison love songs with a tragic gravity and inflaming his celebrations of the honky-tonk ethos with the hellfire of abandon."

"I would give anything if I could sing like George Jones."

"The greatest thing since sliced bread."

"It's never been for love of money. I thank God for it because it makes me a living. But I sing because I love it, not because of the dollar signs."

"I couldn't think or eat nothin' unless it was Hank Williams, and I couldn't wait for his next record to come out. He had to be, really, the greatest."

"I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness."

"When people ask me who my favorite country singer is, I say, 'You mean besides George Jones?"

"Jones is the man behind what might be the greatest country song since 1980 with “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” He’s influenced everyone from Waylon Jennings to Alan Jackson and is respected by some of the greatest musicians of all time (Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, etc.)."

"I've seen hate change many things for the worse. I've seen love change everything for the good."

"I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!"

"I have my moments of insecurity and figuring out what's going on and what I'm supposed to do, but if you don't push yourself, you're not growing, so where do you go?"

"I think it fits so well for her to be on [the song] because everyone knows what she went through. And I think everyone has had those relationships where you're obsessed with that one person, but then you break it off peacefully, but it's changed. You can't talk to them like friends anymore. You can say you want to remain friends, but it's easier said than done. It's heartbreaking. 'We Don't Talk Anymore' is basically the conversation a month after that type of breakup."