Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
WAYLON JENNINGSSo I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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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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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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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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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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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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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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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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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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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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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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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Now, 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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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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