I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
WAYLON JENNINGSWas an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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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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The only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
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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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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do.
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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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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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I mean, I think we’re put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with.
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One night of love don’t make up for six nights alone. But I’d rather have one than none Lord, cause I’m flesh and bone.
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