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 J… - George Jones

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

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.

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