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.
WAYLON JENNINGSHitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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 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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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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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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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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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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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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I mean, I think we’re put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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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 don’t believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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I don’t think there’s anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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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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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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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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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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