Willie Nelson Quotes

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

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

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!

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.

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

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

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

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

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

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

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.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

I'm an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.

There's so many things going on in the world, Babies dying. Mothers crying. How much oil is one human life worth. And what ever happened to peace on earth.

Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.

Heard you told him that you'd love him 'til the end of time. Now that's the same thing that you told me.

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.

I smoke pot every day, and I love it!

I just enjoy both working and not working.

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

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

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

You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.

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

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

The life I love is making music with my friends.

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

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

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

I believe in looseness.

All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?

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

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

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.

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.

I see this [biodiesel] as a way for the farmer to grow fuel and food and put him back in business again

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

When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.

Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's not hard for me to look out the window and tell a joke here and there.

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.

Like anything else, you can use the Internet for good or ill. You can get out of it what you want to. There's no evil about it. The way I see it, it's a liberation.

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

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

I think there must be safety in numbers. If you f - up enough times, they forget which one you really did. They start thinking, "Well, nobody can be that bad."

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

America, to me, is freedom.

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

As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.

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