Now, I don’t know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
WAYLON JENNINGSI’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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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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What I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I’m really about.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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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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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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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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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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