Quotes By Willie Nelson

I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.

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

The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.

Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.

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

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.

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.

I'm a romantic slob!

I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

Freedom is control in your own life.

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

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

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

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 say redheads normally have.

I like to play small clubs.

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!

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

If a song was ever good, it's still good.

If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.

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 to recite.