Willie Nelson ✓

(1933) television actor United States

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[Wikidata] American country musician (born 1933)... | [Wikipedia] Willie Hugh Nelson is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album Shotgun Willie

All Willie Nelson Quotes

• Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. Chords
• I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. Art
• What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else. Atheism
• All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? All
• I just enjoy both working and not working. Both
• 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. Any
• If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time. Honey
• Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true. Been
• You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Inspirational
• America, to me, is freedom. America
• As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them. Farmers
• When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song. Funny
• Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. Off
• 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… Anger
• I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. Better
• I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. Bad
• I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. Cotton
• When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best. Best
• A lot of country music is sad. Country
• And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff. Bryant
• 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! All
• I like to play small clubs. Clubs
• I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth. All
• 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… Church
• The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me. Came

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