"His songs were soon curled on the lips……" — Waylon Jennings
"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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74 Quotes by Waylon Jennings
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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…
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.…
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I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin'…
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where…
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So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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Country music isn't a guitar, it isn't a banjo, it isn't a melody, it isn't a lyric. It's a feeling.
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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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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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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think…
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the…
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More Acclaim Quotes
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To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in…
— John Donne
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When I arrived at the point where I received public acclaim, I felt the most lowly, because I knew within…
— Walter Russell
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough…
— David Foster Wallace
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The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these…
— John T. Flynn
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To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but,…
— Robin Williams
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want…
— Saif Ali Khan
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some…
— Tom Osborne
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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've…
— James Ellroy
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A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim…
— Laozi
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It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love…
— Steve Almond
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The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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