I might be an endangered species.
WAYLON JENNINGSHonesty is something you can’t wear out.
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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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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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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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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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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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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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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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So I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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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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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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