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.
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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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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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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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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Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
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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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One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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You can’t make a record if you ain’t got nothin’ to say.
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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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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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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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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
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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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