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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Waylon Jennings Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band. Waylon Jennings Read Quote
Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records. Waylon Jennings Read Quote
