I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
WAYLON JENNINGSI’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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And 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.
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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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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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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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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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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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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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I might be an endangered species.
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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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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
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