Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Wanda Jackson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Wanda Jackson.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Wanda LaVonne Jackson is an American singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of rock, country and gospel. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the nickname "The Queen of Rockabilly". She is also counted among the first female stars In the genre of country music.

American - Musician | Born: October 20, 1937

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I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.

Wanda Jackson

I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

Wanda Jackson

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.

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So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

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Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

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None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.

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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.

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On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.

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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.

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I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.

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There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time.

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As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.

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They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.

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I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.

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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.

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But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.

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Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to.

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You know, no one steered people's careers in those days, I don't think, like they do today.

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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.

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If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.

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