Willie Nelson quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Willie Nelson on Wise Famous Quotes.

If you go to a magic show, you don't want to see logic.

There are just certain sounds, music, that sort of you know people are going to like it.

You can't hang a man for shooting a woman who was trying to steel his horse.

You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.

I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm just not qualified.

Memories remind us that every moment of our lives, even the most tragic, have contributed to our strength. We've gotten through. We're still here.

You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.

The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.

Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.

I just enjoy both working and not working.

If a song was ever good, it's still good.

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom.

I think the best exercise that I do is singing for an hour-and-a-half out on the stage, because, yes, I use the lung, the biggest muscle in your body.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.

In the twilight glow I see her, blue eyes crying in the rain. As we kissed goodbye and parted, I knew we'd never meet again.

A lot of guns there's no need for civilians to own those those are for military

When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.

I'm drinking doubles now that you're running around single again.

Those people out there like good music. They don't stop and ask themselves, 'Is it country or rock and roll?' If they like it, they will tell you.

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.

I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

There's a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

Just because she's leaving, don't start believing, that your rock and roll days are gone.

And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.

It was and is always nice to work with the kids.

Be careful what you dream: soon your dreams will be dreaming you.

I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.

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.

I'm a romantic slob!

I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude.

Freedom is control in your own life.

You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can.

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.

One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.

Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove.

How would you like to bite that in the ass, develop lock jaw and be dragged to death?

I'm drowning in whiskey river.

I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.

Horses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them.

I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.

I still probably smoke as much as I ever did!

I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am.

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again.

You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I'm crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I'm crazy for loving you.

I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.

What goes around, comes around.

If you're not crazy there's something wrong with you.
Willie Nelson

I believe in looseness.

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!

Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

When it's on us, seems like the storm will never pass. But it always does.

Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.

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.

What has changed is that nothing has changed ... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else.

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

I use vaporizers a lot. It cuts down on the heat and the smoke. And for a singer that's not a bad idea.

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!'

And when I die, put it on my stone. God said, Sucker get your bad ass home. I wasn't Superman. I wasn't Superman

The life I love is making music with my friends.

The whole house came up and I came up with it ... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.

If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.

I smoke pot every day, and I love it!

I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say.

We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way.

Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

Do Right Woman, Do Right Man. I sang it nice and slow

Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.

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.

I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.

I'm an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.

I don't smoke as many joints as I used to.

When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.

We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week.

I got in at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2.

Just can't wait to get on the road again

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.

If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

A lot of country music is sad.

I like to play small clubs.

I don't remember Moses writing, 'Thou shalt not kill.. unless you think you have a good reason.