Quotes from Waylon Jennings

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.

I might be an endangered species.

I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.

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.

We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?

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.

If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.

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

Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.

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

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.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

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.

But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.

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.

I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.

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.

Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.

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.

Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.

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

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.

But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.