Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play…

— Willie Nelson

Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless.

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he's good or bad, I think you're starting out in the wrong direction.…

— Willie Nelson

As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever…

— Willie Nelson

I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is…

— Willie Nelson

I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my…

— Willie Nelson

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being…

— Willie Nelson

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…

— Willie Nelson

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when…

— 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,…

— Willie Nelson

I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song,…

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

I just enjoy both working and not working. And fortunately, I work enough where I get that out of my system, and…

— Willie Nelson

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors…

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

A frozen river is not a dry one, it's just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so…

— Willie Nelson

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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…

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

Every now and then I'll think of something to put back in the show. I just kind of play it off the…

— Willie Nelson

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

— Willie Nelson

All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm…

— Willie Nelson

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a…

— Willie Nelson

“When it comes to persecuting people for pot, there’s a long list of horror stories. The thing that gets me is, why?…

— Willie Nelson