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.
WAYLON JENNINGSFinally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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Did ole Hank really do it this way?
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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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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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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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And 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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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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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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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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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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What 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.
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