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Willie Nelson Quotes about Drinking

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As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments

As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.

Willie Nelson
Drinking, Order, Smoking
Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.29, Penguin

There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.

Willie Nelson
Drinking, Beer, Doctors
Willie Nelson, Bud Shrake, Edwin Shrake (2000). “Willie: An Autobiography”, p.193, Rowman & Littlefield

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.

Willie Nelson
Hippie, Drinking, Beer
"Willie Nelson: 'If We Made Marijuana Legal, We'd Save a Whole Lotta Money and Lives'" by Michael Hann, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha's a fine thing.

Willie Nelson
Drinking, Wife, Soy Milk

I'm drinking doubles now that you're running around single again.

Willie Nelson
Running, Couple, Drinking

If I started drinking again, there would be a lot of people bringing me pot because I can't handle alcohol. I just am not a good drinker. I get a little alcohol in me and I start trying to change the world, and that's not good. A lot of people are the same way. So that's why I don't drink anymore.

Willie Nelson
Drinking, People, Alcohol
Source: www.sfgate.com

When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.

Willie Nelson
Drinking, Fighting, Joints
"Willie Nelson: 'If we made marijuana legal, we'd save a whole lotta money and lives'". Interview with Michael Hann, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

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