“WAYLON DIDN’T WRITE ‘I’VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY’ TO JUSTIFY HIS LIFE — HE WROTE IT BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY TRUTH HE HAD LEFT.” People heard rebellion in that song, but they missed the quiet part — the part where Waylon sounded less like an outlaw bragging, and more like a man admitting he’d survived things he never fully escaped. The night he first sang it live, he didn’t grin, didn’t swagger, didn’t play to the crowd. He just leaned into the mic with the weight of someone who knew exactly what it costs to live wild enough to be free and still lose pieces of yourself along the way. It wasn’t a boast. It was a confession. And that’s why the song still stings — because Waylon wasn’t trying to be crazy. He was trying to be honest.
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