If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he’s good or bad, I think you’re starting out in the wrong direction. I think we’re all good and we’re all bad.
WILLIE NELSONIf you’ve made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
-
-
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.
WILLIE NELSON -
You know why divorces are so expensive? They’re worth it.
WILLIE NELSON -
I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there’s a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.
WILLIE NELSON -
I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
WILLIE NELSON -
I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.
WILLIE NELSON -
Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind.
WILLIE NELSON -
If you want to make marijuana legal, you’ve got to stay straight long enough to f – vote.
WILLIE NELSON -
If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you.
WILLIE NELSON -
Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
WILLIE NELSON -
I’m drowning in whiskey river.
WILLIE NELSON -
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.
WILLIE NELSON -
Freedom is control in your own life.
WILLIE NELSON -
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.
WILLIE NELSON -
Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they’re rapping. It’s easier to try to censor some kid who’s swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.
WILLIE NELSON -
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 NELSON






