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 NELSONWe create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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I’m crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy for loving you.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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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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Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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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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When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
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There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.
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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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My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha’s a fine thing.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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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