I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
WAYLON JENNINGSThe 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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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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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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I might be an endangered species.
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I’m just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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You’ve got to care about the music…You’d better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.
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And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love’s fire, cause it’s cold on the dark side of fame.
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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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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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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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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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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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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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