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 NELSONBe gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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The fight to save family farms isn’t just about farmers. It’s about making sure that there is a safe and healthy food supply for all of us. It’s about jobs, from Main Street to Wall Street. It’s about a better America.
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.
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The life I love is making music with my friends.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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I’ve known straight and gay people all my life. I can’t tell the difference. But I’d never marry a guy I didn’t like.
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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 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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When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
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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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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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On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again, and I can’t wait to get on the road again.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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