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.
WAYLON JENNINGSI 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.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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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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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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Nobody knows I’m Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I’ve got the perfect disguise.
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We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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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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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 alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
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And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love’s fire, cause it’s cold on the dark side of fame.
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