--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Willie Nelson" description: "10 Want quotes by Willie Nelson. Plus more from Willie Nelson and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/willie-nelson-1796_get_if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-som_587612.png" --- > [If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-somebody-let-them-be-themselves/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/willie-nelson-1796_get_if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-som_587612.png) > [If you want to make marijuana legal, you've got to stay straight long enough to f - vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/if-you-want-to-make-marijuana-legal-you-ve-got-to-stay-straight-long/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/willie-nelson-1796_enough_if-you-want-to-make-marijuana-legal-you_2814738.png) > [If you go to a magic show, you don't want to see logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/if-you-go-to-a-magic-show-you-don-t-want-to-see-logic/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/willie-nelson-1796_ifs_if-you-go-to-a-magic-show-you-don-t-want_227377.png) > [All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/all-i-do-is-play-music-and-golf-which-one-do-you-want-me-to-give-up/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/willie-nelson-1796_golf_all-i-do-is-play-music-and-golf-which-on_1373878.png) > [As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/as-far-as-advice-goes-an-ex-father-in-law-of-mine-once-gave-me-the/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/willie-nelson-1796_advice_as-far-as-advice-goes-an-ex-father-in-la_2265720.png) > [Like anything else, you can use the Internet for good or ill. You can get out of it what you want to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/like-anything-else-you-can-use-the-internet-for-good-or-ill-you-can/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/willie-nelson-1796_evil_like-anything-else-you-can-use-the-inter_1884095.png) > [You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/you-want-to-be-a-good-parent-and-you-want-to-be-a-friend-and-it-s/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/willie-nelson-1796_balance_you-want-to-be-a-good-parent-and-you-wan_1957306.png) > [I started learning my lessons in Abbot Texas, where I was born in 1933. My sister Bobbie and I were raised by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/i-started-learning-my-lessons-in-abbot-texas-where-i-was-born-in-1933/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/willie-nelson-1796_age_i-started-learning-my-lessons-in-abbot-t_1588074.png) > [I think hemp is one of the greatest plants that God put in the ground, and I don't think anybody has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/i-think-hemp-is-one-of-the-greatest-plants-that-god-put-in-the-ground/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/willie-nelson-1796_beer_i-think-hemp-is-one-of-the-greatest-plan_3116163.jpg) > [Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/let-the-jerks-of-the-world-serve-as-the-perfect-example-of-what-you/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/willie-nelson-1796_asking_let-the-jerks-of-the-world-serve-as-the_2949135.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Willie Nelson > [I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/i-am-not-a-pig-farmer-the-pigs-had-a-great-time-but-i-didn-t-make-any/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/songwriters-might-write-cynical-world-wise-lyrics-and-constantly-talk/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/once-you-replace-negative-thoughts-with-positive-ones-you-ll-start/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band had another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/my-first-job-was-in-a-bohemian-polka-band-the-rejcek-family-polka/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/most-of-the-stuff-i-ve-read-about-me-has-been-true/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/cruelty-is-all-out-of-ignorance-if-you-knew-what-was-in-store-for-you/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [Americans don't eat horses. They are not raised as food animals and they are treated with chemicals that render them unsafe for consumption. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/americans-don-t-eat-horses-they-are-not-raised-as-food-animals-and/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/i-was-influenced-a-lot-by-those-around-me-there-was-a-lot-of-singing/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [“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”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/and-when-i-die-put-it-on-my-stone-god-said-sucker-get-your-bad-ass/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [Great songs stand out wherever they're from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/great-songs-stand-out-wherever-they-re-from/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [I just enjoy both working and not working. And fortunately, I work enough where I get that out of my system, and then we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/i-just-enjoy-both-working-and-not-working-and-fortunately-i-work/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/let-s-get-the-government-stay-out-of-our-private-lives-once-and-for/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/you-don-t-have-to-be-poor-to-need-something-or-somebody/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [If you go to a magic show, you don't want to see logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/if-you-go-to-a-magic-show-you-don-t-want-to-see-logic/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) > [Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/little-things-i-should-have-said-and-done-i-just-never-took-the-time/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/willie-nelson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Willie Nelson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Willie Nelson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-somebody-let-them-be-themselves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/willie-nelson-1796_get_if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-som_587612.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/willie-nelson-1796_get_if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-som_587612.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/willie-nelson-1796_get_if-you-really-want-to-get-along-with-som_587612.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.” — Willie Nelson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to make marijuana legal, you've got to stay straight long enough to f - 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You'll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there's a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don't let your thoughts think you. 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