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.
WILLIE NELSONWhen 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.
WILLIE NELSONWhen I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
WILLIE NELSONSometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
WILLIE NELSONNinety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.
WILLIE NELSONA frozen river is not a dry one, it’s just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.
WILLIE NELSONGod 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.
WILLIE NELSONYou’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
WILLIE NELSONRather 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.
WILLIE NELSONI don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.
WILLIE NELSONThe 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.
WILLIE NELSONAs 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 NELSONIf you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
WILLIE NELSONI 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
WILLIE NELSONWhen I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
WILLIE NELSONI’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.
WILLIE NELSONI think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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