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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.
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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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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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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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it.
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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don't know why you like 'em but you do.
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Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
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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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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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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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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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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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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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