I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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.
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And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to “have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn’t want us to be the ones.
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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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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I’d save on shoes alone.
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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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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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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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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I’m kissing you good-bye.
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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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Lately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
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I’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
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It was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.
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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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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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Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.
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The men who could not fight, in a war that didn’t seem right. You let them come home, America.
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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 may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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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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I can’t walk, so I can’t go home. No need to talk, cause I’m all alone. If I stay here they’re gonna lock me in, hitting the bottle again.
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