They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
WAYLON JENNINGSI’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.
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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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The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn’t happen until I did. It wasn’t a real country sound.
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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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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
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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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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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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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I’m just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don’t know…
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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