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 JENNINGSWas an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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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 could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
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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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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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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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
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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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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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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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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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