Nobody knows I’m Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I’ve got the perfect disguise.
WAYLON JENNINGSI 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.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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I’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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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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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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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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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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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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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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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 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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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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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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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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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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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
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