Willie Nelson

Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits – we’re all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn’t matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.

Willie Nelson

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

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.

Willie Nelson

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

Willie Nelson

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.

Willie Nelson

Get in there. Sing the song. Get out. I’m not big on a hundred takes and a thousand overdubs. My kind of singing isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me. After a couple of takes, that reflection is pretty accurate.

Willie Nelson

Great songs stand out wherever they’re from.

Willie Nelson

Horses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them.

Willie Nelson

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

Willie Nelson

I believe that all roads lead to the same place – and that is wherever all roads lead to.

Willie Nelson