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 NELSONIf you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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When you’re singing, you’re using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can’t do that if you’re a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I’d tell them to sing more. It’s good therapy, too.
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I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now
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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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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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I got along without you before I met you and I’ll get along without you a long time after you’re gone.
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One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.
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The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.
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I like marijuana because it keeps me from killing people. And I think there are a lot of people out there who are just like me. The reason it’s not legal is because most people get up in the morning and get high, then forget to go out and vote for it.
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You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again, and I can’t wait to get on the road again.
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I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that’s about all that’s required.
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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
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I believe that all roads lead to the same place – and that is wherever all roads lead to.
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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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