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 NELSONSadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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Indecision may or may not be our biggest problem.
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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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I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
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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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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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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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Be careful what you dream: soon your dreams will be dreaming you.
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You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.
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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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I’m crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy for loving you.
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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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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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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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Rather 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.
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