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.
WAYLON JENNINGSLately 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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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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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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I don’t believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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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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Nobody knows I’m Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I’ve got the perfect disguise.
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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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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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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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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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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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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The only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
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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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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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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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There’s always one more way to do things and that’s your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
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Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.
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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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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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I’m just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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