I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He’s the biggest. He’s like an Elvis in this business, but no, he’s never been the rebel.
WAYLON JENNINGSWas an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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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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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 you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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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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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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It was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I’m really about.
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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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