I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.
WILLIE NELSONIf you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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The life I love is making music with my friends.
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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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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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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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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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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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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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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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 didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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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 songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
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