I don’t think there’s anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
WAYLON JENNINGSAnd they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to “have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn’t want us to be the ones.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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I might be an endangered species.
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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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One thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
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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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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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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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Lately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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I can’t walk, so I can’t go home. No need to talk, cause I’m all alone. If I stay here they’re gonna lock me in, hitting the bottle again.
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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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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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