“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.”

—  George Jones

Source: I Lived to Tell It All (1996, ebook 2014), Page 205.

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American musician, singer and songwriter 1931–2013

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