I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
WAYLON JENNINGSThe only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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You’ve got to care about the music…You’d better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.
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I ain’t got no reverse. I’ve learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.
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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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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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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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The men who could not fight, in a war that didn’t seem right. You let them come home, America.
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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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When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
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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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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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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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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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