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Waylon Jennings quotes

American Musician June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002

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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. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "You know, I feel sorry for the young artists."
You know, I feel sorry for the young artists. Waylon Jennings
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. Waylon Jennings
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. Waylon Jennings
And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here. Waylon Jennings
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. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about..."
Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "Honesty is something you can't wear out."
Honesty is something you can't wear out. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane."
I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane."
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane. Waylon Jennings
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, I'm in no hurry, I've got the right to disappear. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "There's always one more way to do things and that's your way,..."
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. Waylon Jennings
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. Waylon Jennings
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. Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings quote: "So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as..."
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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