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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
Actor
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Country Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Littlefield
Texas
Waylon Arnold Jennings
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs. Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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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. 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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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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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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What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.
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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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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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If you see me getting smaller, I'm leaving, don't be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don't worry, and no hurry, I've got the right to disappear.
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When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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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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Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye.
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When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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Country 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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