When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
WAYLON JENNINGSGot my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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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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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about 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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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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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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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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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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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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We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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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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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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