Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
WAYLON JENNINGSNow, I don’t know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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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 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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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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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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The only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
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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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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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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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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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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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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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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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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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