I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
WAYLON JENNINGSLadies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
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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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins’ name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn’t have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
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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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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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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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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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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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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 never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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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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