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"68 Willie Nelson Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 29 April 1933 | Musician | Actor |

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

Find Will Stop Never
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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?

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

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

Cause Create Help Our
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Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.
About Been Has-Been Me
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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.

Better Like Myself Regularly
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I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'.

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

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

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

Every Farmers Get Here
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I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time
Been Going Gone Leaving
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As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.

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

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

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

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

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

Came Care House I Came
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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.

Another Doctor Doctors Down
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I just enjoy both working and not working.
Both Enjoy Just Working
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There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

Many Melodies Must Notes
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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.

Country Even Feeling Listen
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It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

Feel From Time To Time Hurt Sad
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I don't like to think too far ahead.
Ahead Far Like Think
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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!

Heard Just Like Me
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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.

Age Artists Being Guys
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I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

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

Any Farmer Great Great Time
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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.

About Any God Knowledge
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Freedom is control in your own life.
Control Freedom Life Own
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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.

Blues Bob Far Grew
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I like to play small clubs.

Clubs Like Play Small
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When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

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

Bryant Far Go Guitars
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I'm a romantic slob!
Romantic Slob
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I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

Better Guess Sing Style
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When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.

Hear Know Me Regardless
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If a song was ever good, it's still good.
Ever Good Song Still
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.

Most Out Poverty Think
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Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

Chords Country Song Three
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You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.

Need Poor Somebody Something
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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.

About Church First First Time
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.

Fun Had Lot Recording
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America, to me, is freedom.
America Freedom Me
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I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

Because Control Like No-One
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There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

Country Music Enthusiasm Good
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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.

Anybody Between Borders Broke
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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.

After Because Books Bus
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I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me.

Born Central Divorced Grandparents
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I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines.

Because Defend Elected Except
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You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can.

Balance Both Friend Good
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Willie Nelson Quotes & Sayings