Willie Nelson Quotes

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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.
There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.
There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.
Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.
Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.
We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way.
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.
When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.
When I was about 12, I had my first paying gig - 8 dollars to play rhythm guitar in a polka band. Pretty soon, I ended up playing in all the bars within driving distance of Abbott, Texas.
When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.
When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.
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.
Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.
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.
You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection.
You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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.
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