I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.
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Quotes by Wanda Jackson
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None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.
It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to.
You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.
And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.
As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.
But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.
If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.
There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time.
Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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