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.
WILLIE NELSONIf 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.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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What has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
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I 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.
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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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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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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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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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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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I’m drowning in whiskey river.
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There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.
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I’m drinking doubles now that you’re running around single again.
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A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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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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You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.
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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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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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Indecision may or may not be our biggest problem.
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When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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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You can’t make a record if you ain’t got nothin’ to say.
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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.
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