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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.
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
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Littlefield
Texas
Waylon Arnold Jennings
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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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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.
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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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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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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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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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When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.
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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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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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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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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim. And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love's fire, cause it's cold on the dark side of fame.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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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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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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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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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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Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.
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