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So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
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Waylon Arnold Jennings
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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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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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The men who could not fight, in a war that didn't seem right. You let them come home, America.
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One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. 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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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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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 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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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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I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now.
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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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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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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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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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