Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
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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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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Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they’re rapping. It’s easier to try to censor some kid who’s swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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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 here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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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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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.
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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 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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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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Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind.
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I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
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I’m crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy for loving you.
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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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