Willie Nelson quotes - page 2

I have this kind of philosophy that I can't do anything about what happened yesterday, or what's going to happen tomorrow. But I feel in full control of what's going on now. I think worry will make you sick. I've never seen it accomplish anything. I've never seen worrying about anything change it. So I decided not to do it. If you can't do anything about it, why in the hell worry about it? Every negative thought you have releases poison into your system, and will kill you or give you cancer, or tumors or whatever else you can think of. So if you are thinking negative about anything, erase that. (Willie Nelson)
Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless. View quote
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Well, there was a guy, a blacksmith, in Abbott, and he and my granddad both had blacksmith's jobs. I hung around there a lot. And he had a family band. He just let me play because he knew I wanted to work and needed the work. So, I played a guitar in a big polka band with a lot of horns and everything. So, fortunately, no one ever heard me, because I wasn't that great. But I was nine or 10 years old and making eight to 10 dollars a night. So, it was easier than picking cotton. View quote
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When you think a negative thought, it releases poison in your system. Next thing you know, you wind up with cancer or other diseases. I try to live in the moment without regrets. View quote
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There are more old drunks than there are old doctors. View quote
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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it. View quote
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. View quote
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I smoke pot every day, and I love it! View quote
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All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? View quote
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I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. View quote
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I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. (Willie Nelson)
We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. View quote
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I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'. View quote
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What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time. View quote
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Freedom is control in your own life. View quote
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. View quote
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The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me. View quote
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I don't like to think too far ahead. View quote
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Bob Wills taught me how to be a bandleader and how to be a star. [...] There was no time wasted between songs. I learned from him to keep the people moving and dancing. [...] The more you keep the music going, the smoother the evening will be. Another thing he taught me was people came and paid their money to hear what they wanted to hear. Even if Bob had a mediocre band that night, the people knew his records and his radio shows and they heard what they thought Bob Wills sounded like. Whether he had a good night or a bad night, every night was a good night. (Willie Nelson)
I'm just an ole redneck from Texas who ain't a Democrat or Republican, but I can look at a guy and tell whether I like him or not. View quote
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You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people. View quote
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... when you put your life in a good place, good things follow. View quote
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I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone. View quote
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