I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
WAYLON JENNINGSAnd 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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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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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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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One thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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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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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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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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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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Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.
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The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn’t happen until I did. It wasn’t a real country sound.
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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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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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