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.
WAYLON JENNINGSNow, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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It was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.
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Nobody knows I’m Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I’ve got the perfect disguise.
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He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what’s right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.
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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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One night of love don’t make up for six nights alone. But I’d rather have one than none Lord, cause I’m flesh and bone.
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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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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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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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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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I might be an endangered species.
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There’s always one more way to do things and that’s your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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