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 JENNINGSI 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.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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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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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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I could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
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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 was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
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Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.
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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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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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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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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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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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I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I’m really about.
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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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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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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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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 might be an endangered species.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about 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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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I’d save on shoes alone.
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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 didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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