His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
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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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I’m kissing you good-bye.
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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.
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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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There’s always one more way to do things and that’s your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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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’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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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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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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The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.
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It was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.
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