What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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 never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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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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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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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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I could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
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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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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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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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I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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