I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
WAYLON JENNINGSI was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
WAYLON JENNINGSNobody knows I’m Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I’ve got the perfect disguise.
WAYLON JENNINGSCountry music isn’t a guitar, it isn’t a banjo, it isn’t a melody, it isn’t a lyric. It’s a feeling.
WAYLON JENNINGSI may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
WAYLON JENNINGSGot my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
WAYLON JENNINGSAnd they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to “have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn’t want us to be the ones.
WAYLON JENNINGSDid ole Hank really do it this way?
WAYLON JENNINGSI love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He’s the biggest. He’s like an Elvis in this business, but no, he’s never been the rebel.
WAYLON JENNINGSHonesty is something you can’t wear out.
WAYLON JENNINGSLadies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
WAYLON JENNINGSThis world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
WAYLON JENNINGSBut ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
WAYLON JENNINGSIf 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.
WAYLON JENNINGSDon’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
WAYLON JENNINGSI don’t think there’s anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
WAYLON JENNINGSMainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
WAYLON JENNINGS