Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
WILLIE NELSONI didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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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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You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.
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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 would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there’s a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.
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The life I love is making music with my friends.
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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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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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You know why divorces are so expensive? They’re worth it.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that’s about all that’s required.
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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
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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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Air you breathe is bad for your lungs so you’ve got to careful and don’t overdue any bad air. Too much pot, too much anything is not good. Your lung is a piece of flesh, a piece of bone. You can injure it.
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It’s an ongoing problem, an ongoing situation, life is. It’s just life, and it never stops and it never will. You just be thankful for what you’ve got, and move on.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.
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I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs I couldn’t even find my bike.
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Heard you told him that you’d love him ’til the end of time. Now that’s the same thing that you told me.
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