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.
WAYLON JENNINGSHis songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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Don’t you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
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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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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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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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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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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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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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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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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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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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The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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