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.
WILLIE NELSONOh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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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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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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When I see someone I think is cool, he’s a pretty well-adjusted individual. He’s not too affected one way or the other by what’s happening, no matter what’s going through his mind.
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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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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
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I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.
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A 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.
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You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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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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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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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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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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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