That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
WAYLON JENNINGSI’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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Lately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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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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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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Now, I don’t know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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You’ve got to care about the music…You’d better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.
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And 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.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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