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.
WAYLON JENNINGSThey got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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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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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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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?
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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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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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There’s always one more way to do something– your way.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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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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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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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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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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