You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins’ name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn’t have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
WAYLON JENNINGSThis is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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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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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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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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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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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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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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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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One thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
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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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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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