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.
WAYLON JENNINGSOne 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.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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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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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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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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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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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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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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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
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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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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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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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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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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don’t know…
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