I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
WAYLON JENNINGSCuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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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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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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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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Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
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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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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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 know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins’ name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn’t have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
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Did ole Hank really do it this way?
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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I’m a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that’s the way I feel about people who “play on sessions.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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