Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
WILLIE NELSONAs 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.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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I’m drowning in whiskey river.
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If you want to make marijuana legal, you’ve got to stay straight long enough to f – vote.
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When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
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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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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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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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On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again, and I can’t wait to get on the road again.
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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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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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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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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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