If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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 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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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
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But if you think of all the people who don’t like me, just think of all the millions who’ve never heard of me!
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I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now
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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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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
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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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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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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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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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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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When I’m driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.
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You can’t make a record if you ain’t got nothin’ to say.
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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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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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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 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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I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.
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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
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