When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
WAYLON JENNINGSMainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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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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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 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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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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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Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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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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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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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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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