And you’d sure better not be doing it because it’s a way to make a living, ’cause that ain’t always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.
WAYLON JENNINGSHonesty is something you can’t wear out.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
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I might be an endangered species.
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I mean, I think we’re put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with.
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Now, I don’t know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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You’ve got to care about the music…You’d better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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Lately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
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Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
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The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.
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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I’m really about.
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