Quotes By Willie Nelson

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

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

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

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

A lot of country music is sad.

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

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

I don't like to think too far ahead.

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

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

I just enjoy both working and not working.

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

And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.

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

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

When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.

I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

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.

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

America, to me, is freedom.

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

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.