They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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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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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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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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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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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I’m kissing you good-bye.
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The only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
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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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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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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.
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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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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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If you see me getting smaller, I’m leaving, don’t be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don’t worry, and no hurry, I’ve got the right to disappear.
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