A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.
WILLIE NELSONWhat has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
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When I see someone I think is cool, he’s a pretty well-adjusted individual. He’s not too affected one way or the other by what’s happening, no matter what’s going through his mind.
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A frozen river is not a dry one, it’s just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.
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As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn’t in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.
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Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
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But if you think of all the people who don’t like me, just think of all the millions who’ve never heard of me!
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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn’t in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.
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Air you breathe is bad for your lungs so you’ve got to careful and don’t overdue any bad air. Too much pot, too much anything is not good. Your lung is a piece of flesh, a piece of bone. You can injure it.
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It’s an ongoing problem, an ongoing situation, life is. It’s just life, and it never stops and it never will. You just be thankful for what you’ve got, and move on.
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Heard you told him that you’d love him ’til the end of time. Now that’s the same thing that you told me.
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Indecision may or may not be our biggest problem.
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