Willie Nelson

I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now

Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove.

Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind

Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.

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. That's why I also believe in reincarnation, that we were put here with ideas to pass around.

Gatewood Galbraith was a good friend, and a tireless advocate for the repeal of the ridiculous ban on hemp & marijuana. His book ‘The Last Free Man Standing’ says it all.

We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.

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?

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there's a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don't let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you're really gonna get pissed, don't waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers, save it for something that really matters.

There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart

Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!'

We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that's about all that's required.

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.

The life I love is making music with my friends.

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.

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

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

You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody.