Willie Nelson
Marijuana is like sex. If I don't do it every day, I get a headache. I think marijuana should be recognized for what it is, as a medicine, an herb that grows in the ground. If you need it, use it.Collection: Sex
You can't hang a man for shooting a woman who was trying to steal his horse.Collection: Horse
(Songwriting) It's a gift. It all comes from somewhere. I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing about things when I was eight or 10 years old that I hadn't lived long enough to experience.Collection: Writing
As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.Collection: Father
I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ... I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to...I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ... Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.Collection: Country
I started writing cheating songs when I was too young to have any idea what I was writing about - broken hearts and things like that. I just think it was something I already knew, something I had experienced in another lifetime.Collection: Cheating
Like anything else, you can use the Internet for good or ill. You can get out of it what you want to. There's no evil about it. The way I see it, it's a liberation.Collection: Evil
I think the best exercise that I do is singing for an hour-and-a-half out on the stage, because, yes, I use the lung, the biggest muscle in your body.Collection: Exercise
Just because she's leaving, don't start believing, that your rock and roll days are gone.Collection: Believe
After every tour, I think about hanging up the touring hat, and after a while of not working, I'm ready to play. I think I enjoy playing music more than I enjoy not playing music.Collection: Thinking
Every now and then I'll think of something to put back in the show. I just kind of play it off the top of my head. If I do it that way it keeps it kinda fresh.Collection: Thinking
Horses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them.Collection: Horse
I use vaporizers a lot. It cuts down on the heat and the smoke. And for a singer that's not a bad idea.Collection: Cutting
Just can't wait to get on the road againCollection: Waiting
Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless.Collection: Gay
In the twilight glow I see her, blue eyes crying in the rain. As we kissed goodbye and parted, I knew we'd never meet again.Collection: Goodbye
My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band had another blacksmith shop in Abbott, but he liked me. All he had was horns and drums, and I was set up over there with my little guitar with no amps or nothing. I would play as loud as I wanted to, and nobody could hear me.Collection: Jobs
Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning.Collection: Baby
My fans are very forgiving. So are my wives and my kids.Collection: Kids
I'm a little prejudiced when it comes to horses. I have always loved them.Collection: Horse
Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.Collection: Cowboy
Biodiesel seems to be the answer to a lot of our prayers. Not only can it help the U.S. economy, our unwanted dependence on foreign oil, and the gasping environment, it could also help the family farmers out of this tragic dilemma they have found themselves in through no fault of their own.Collection: Prayer
There are just certain sounds, music, that sort of you know people are going to like it.Collection: People
A lot of country music is sad.Collection: Country
I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.Collection: Thinking
I still probably smoke as much as I ever did!Collection: Stills
My granddaddy died when I was about 6 years old, I think. And my grandmother took a job cooking in the school lunchroom. So she did great. She made $18 a week.Collection: Jobs
It was and is always nice to work with the kids.Collection: Nice
I don't smoke as many joints as I used to.Collection: Joints
...when you put your life in a good place, good things follow.Collection: Good Things
I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.Collection: Distance
I like marijuana because it keeps me from killing people. And I think there are a lot of people out there who are just like me. The reason it's not legal is because most people get up in the morning and get high, then forget to go out and vote for it.Collection: Morning
There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.Collection: Drinking
When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.Collection: Evolution
If you've made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.Collection: Hell
The life I love is making music with my friends.Collection: Love Is
When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.Collection: Song
It's an ongoing problem, an ongoing situation, life is. It's just life, and it never stops and it never will. You just be thankful for what you've got, and move on.Collection: Moving
I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.Collection: Believe
A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.Collection: Country
On the road again, goin' places that I've never been. Seein' things that I may never see again, and I can't wait to get on the road again.Collection: Travel
In church I was told that if I so much as smoked a cigarette or tasted alcohol, I’d be damned in hell for all eternity... it didn’t take long for me to start thinking that sounded all wrong... I didn’t cotton to the idea that your religion should be flaunted to other people. Your religion is for you, and is best kept close to your heart.Collection: Heart
I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call "policing the area." That's where you looked around and if there's anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that's a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won't have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed.Collection: Thinking
If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he's good or bad, I think you're starting out in the wrong direction. I think we're all good and we're all bad.Collection: Thinking
I'm crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I'm crazy for loving you.Collection: Crazy
There's a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.Collection: Texas
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.Collection: Rap
Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.Collection: Love