Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
WILLIE NELSONThere are more old drunks than there are old doctors.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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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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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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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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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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If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
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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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If you’ve made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.
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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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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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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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