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.
WILLIE NELSONI’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.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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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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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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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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 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 wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.
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