I 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 JENNINGSWhat I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don’t know…
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Country music isn’t a guitar, it isn’t a banjo, it isn’t a melody, it isn’t a lyric. It’s a feeling.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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 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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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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The men who could not fight, in a war that didn’t seem right. You let them come home, America.
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What I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
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I don’t think there’s anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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