Willie Nelson Quotes

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Willie Nelson

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 29, 1933

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

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

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Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

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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.

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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

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

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

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

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

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America, to me, is freedom.

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

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Freedom is control in your own life.

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Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

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

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When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.

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

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I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude.

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I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm just not qualified.

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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.

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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

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