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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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Singer-Songwriter
Littlefield
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Waylon Arnold Jennings
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One night of love don't make up for six nights alone. But I'd rather have one than none Lord, cause I'm flesh and bone.
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When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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There's always one more way to do something-- your way.
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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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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
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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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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I've drunker been. Or is it drunker than I've ever been?
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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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There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
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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. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who “play on sessions.
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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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What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.
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I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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Those neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories. There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
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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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Is your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it out?
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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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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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