"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"

In this quote, Waylon Jennings is assessing a traumatic experience he had in which his buddies passed away. He is feeling guilty since he lives and his pals are not. He is attempting to make sense of the disaster and is questioning why he endured while his buddies did not. He is having a hard time to understand why he lives and his friends are dead, and he seems like he is in some way accountable for their deaths. This quote shows the guilt and confusion that can include surviving a terrible experience while others do not. Jennings is attempting to understand the catastrophe and is questioning why he was the one to make it through. He is feeling guilty and is trying to understand why he is alive and his friends are not.