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.
WAYLON JENNINGSIt was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it 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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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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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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I ain’t got no reverse. I’ve learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.
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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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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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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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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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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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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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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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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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