Quotes By Willie Nelson

When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

I don't like to think too far ahead.

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.

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.

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.

I just enjoy both working and not working.

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

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

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

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

When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.

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

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

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.

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

America, to me, is freedom.

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

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.