But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
WAYLON JENNINGSWas an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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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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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
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There’s always one more way to do things and that’s your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
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I might be an endangered species.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don’t know…
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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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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I’d save on shoes alone.
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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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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 was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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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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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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