I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
WILLIE NELSONOnce you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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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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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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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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Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.
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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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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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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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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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What has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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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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Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind.
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