I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.
WILLIE NELSONAs long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
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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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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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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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You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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There’s a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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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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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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