I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
WAYLON JENNINGSThere is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do.
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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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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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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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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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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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I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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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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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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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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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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We 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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