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.
WAYLON JENNINGSAnd yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love’s fire, cause it’s cold on the dark side of fame.
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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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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.
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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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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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I could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
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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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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don’t know…
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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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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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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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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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