I might be an endangered species.
WAYLON JENNINGSWe did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England.
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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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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
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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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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Did ole Hank really do it this way?
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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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Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
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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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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what’s right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.
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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.
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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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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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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.
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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