Waylon Jennings Quotes - Page 2

This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.

Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.

To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don't know why you like 'em but you do.

Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame.

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.

Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.

When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.

I didn't aim at anything except good music.

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?

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.

Don't you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.

Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.

So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.

I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.

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.

What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.

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.

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.

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.

Hitting the bottle again, ever than I've drunker been. Or is it drunker than I've ever been?

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.

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.

Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.

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.

I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now.