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.
WAYLON JENNINGSI 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.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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So I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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I might be an endangered species.
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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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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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I’m a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that’s the way I feel about people who “play on sessions.
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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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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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I’m kissing you good-bye.
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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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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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Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
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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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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