Waylon Jennings Quotes

21 quotes from 19 authors

Country music lovers will recognize the echo of Waylon Jennings across these 21 snippets, from radio nostalgia to remarks on his lasting influence. The quotes capture hunting down favorite tracks, being likened to the legend, and the changing radio landscape. If you also dig Johnny Cash, classic country radio history, or other music icons, those pages offer deeper context.

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Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format.

Steven Van Zandt

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Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.

Benmont Tench

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I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself.

Sturgill Simpson

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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.

Willie Nelson

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Each kind of generation of bands forgets how they got here. Waylon Jennings came out and they're like, 'That's not Patsy Cline.'…

Kristian Bush

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When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records…

Randy Houser

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Collaboration is a vital part of my creative life. I've had success with Guy Clark and Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

Rodney Crowell

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When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're…

Dick Dale

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I grew up with the Highwaymen, which was Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Mom and Dad rode rodeo,…

Christian Kane

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Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'

Sturgill Simpson

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I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's…

Sam Hunt

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I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real.

Kurt Vile

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My kids learned to color on this table. There's been a lot that's went around this table. Waylon Jennings sat right there…

Billy Ray Cyrus

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My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a…

Martina McBride

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Favorite country singer of all time... Hank Williams... Well, then there's Willie Nelson. Can I have three? I can't do one. Then…

Rodney Crowell

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I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and…

Jake Owen

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I did recording sessions as a musician as well as a background vocalist and enjoyed every minute of it. I remember singing…

Ray Stevens

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The records in the house I really remember were, well, Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Galveston.' Even as a kid, I knew…

Keith Urban

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I miss him already. He was a unique person and a dear friend. If a record came on the radio, you'd know…

Glen Campbell

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I'm not Waylon Jennings, but I do a fair imitation of him, and a few other country greats, like Willie Nelson. It…

Todd Lowe

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I started off as a bar band. We played ZZ Top, Bob Seger, Waylon Jennings, the Rolling Stones - everything and anything…

Frankie Ballard

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