Fortunately, we are not in control.
WILLIE NELSONWhat has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.
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I believe that all roads lead to the same place – and that is wherever all roads lead to.
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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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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.
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind.
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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.
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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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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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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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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.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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There’s a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.
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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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I’m drinking doubles now that you’re running around single again.
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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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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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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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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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