I was on one bus with my band and crew for seven years. I didn't come to town with a karaoke tape. I didn't get on a TV show. There were no shortcuts. Anybody who wants to follow my model is welcome to it. You don't want to follow my path.

I don't really lose my temper that much, but when somebody mistreats my guys, I just go crazy.

I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

Nothing positive at all in my life came from my marriage, I can tell you that.

My fans get enough politics on TV every day. I want them to think for themselves. I don't want them to listen to me.

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.