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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.

Waylon Jennings

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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
Actor
Composer
Country Musician
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Littlefield
Texas
Waylon Arnold Jennings
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. 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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This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.
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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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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
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Did ole Hank really do it this way?
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. 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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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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