When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
WILLIE NELSONI’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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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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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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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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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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I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs I couldn’t even find my bike.
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There’s a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.
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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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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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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you.
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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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You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he’s good or bad, I think you’re starting out in the wrong direction. I think we’re all good and we’re all bad.
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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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