So I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
WAYLON JENNINGSI say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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 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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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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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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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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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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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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Country music isn’t a guitar, it isn’t a banjo, it isn’t a melody, it isn’t a lyric. It’s a feeling.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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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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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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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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