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.
WAYLON JENNINGSThe 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.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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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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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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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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I mean, I think we’re put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with.
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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You’ve got to care about the music…You’d better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.
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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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