If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
WAYLON JENNINGSI’m a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that’s the way I feel about people who “play on sessions.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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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 was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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I’m a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that’s the way I feel about people who “play on sessions.
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I’m just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins’ name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn’t have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I’d save on shoes alone.
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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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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I can’t walk, so I can’t go home. No need to talk, cause I’m all alone. If I stay here they’re gonna lock me in, hitting the bottle again.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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