Willie Nelson Quotes - Page 3

Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.

Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.

I've known straight and gay people all my life. I can't tell the difference... But I'd never marry a guy I didn't like.

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

I think hemp is one of the greatest plants that God put in the ground, and I don't think anybody has the right to eradicate it. Just because somebody wants to get high with a joint, that's no reason to throw him in jail and take his damn belongings. He's just trying to get well. The mother - 's sick. That's why people drink beer when they come home from work. They're stressed out. That's all grass does. It's a big stress reliever.

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

Oh, I think it's definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it's maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.

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

When I left Nashville I went to Texas because that's where I came from, and because I was playing in Texas a lot in different places. And I saw hippies and rednecks drinking beer together and smoking dope together and having a good time together and I knew it was possible to get all groups of people together - long hair, short hair, no hair - and music would bring them together.

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

I started learning my lessons in Abbot Texas, where I was born in 1933. My sister Bobbie and I were raised by our grandparents [...] We never had enough money, and Bobbie and I started working at an early age to help the family get by. That hard work included picking cotton. [...] Picking cotton is hard and painful work, and the most lasting lesson I learned in the fields was that I didn't want to spend my life picking cotton.

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

Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind

Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.

Do something bad a thousand times and it's no big deal. Everyone just goes, "Willie f - up again."

Be careful what you dream: soon your dreams will be dreaming you.

Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.

When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too.

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.

When I would sell encyclopedias, I would drive down the road looking for a house with a swing set in the back, and I'd say, "Oh, those folks got kids. They need some books." I'd knock on their door and sell them a set of encyclopedias, and those books were from $300 to $600. I'd look around the house, and if there wasn't that much furniture in the house, I felt a little bad about selling a $600 set of books to people who couldn't afford a couch. So I didn't last at that job very long.

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

If you want to make marijuana legal, you've got to stay straight long enough to f - vote.

The fight to save family farms isn't just about farmers. It's about making sure that there is a safe and healthy food supply for all of us. It's about jobs, from Main Street to Wall Street. It's about a better America.

You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say.

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