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.
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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And you’d sure better not be doing it because it’s a way to make a living, ’cause that ain’t always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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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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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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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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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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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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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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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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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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