Willie Nelson Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Willie Nelson on Wise Famous Quotes.
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.
The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.
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.
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!
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.
I use vaporizers a lot. It cuts down on the heat and the smoke. And for a singer that's not a bad idea.
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 whole house came up and I came up with it ... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.
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.
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.