You can’t make a record if you ain’t got nothin’ to say.
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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I’ve known straight and gay people all my life. I can’t tell the difference. But I’d never marry a guy I didn’t like.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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Let’s get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let’s take a stand for personal freedom.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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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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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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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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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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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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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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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You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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I don’t think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.
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I got along without you before I met you and I’ll get along without you a long time after you’re gone.
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I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.
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If you’ve made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.
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If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you.
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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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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.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.
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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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