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 NELSONThree chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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.
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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 think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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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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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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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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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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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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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 don’t think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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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 crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy for loving you.
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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
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