Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
WAYLON JENNINGSCountry music isn’t a guitar, it isn’t a banjo, it isn’t a melody, it isn’t a lyric. It’s a feeling.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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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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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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I mean, I think we’re put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with.
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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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I’m just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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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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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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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.
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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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