When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
WILLIE NELSONI 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.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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The life I love is making music with my friends.
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When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
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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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Let’s get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let’s take a stand for personal freedom.
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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.
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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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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.
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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.
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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 been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.
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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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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.
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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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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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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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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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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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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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
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