We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
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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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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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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Freedom is control in your own life.
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There’s a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.
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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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If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he’s good or bad, I think you’re starting out in the wrong direction. I think we’re all good and we’re all bad.
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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 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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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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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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You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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I’m drowning in whiskey river.
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The fight to save family farms isn’t just about farmers. It’s about making sure that there is a safe and healthy food supply for all of us. It’s about jobs, from Main Street to Wall Street. It’s about a better America.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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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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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You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
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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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If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you.
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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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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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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.
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