Quotes from Willie Nelson

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

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

All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it.

A lot of country music is sad.

...when you put your life in a good place, good things follow.

Freedom is control in your own life.

Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out.

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

Great songs stand out wherever they're from.

Oh, I think it's definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it's maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom.

I don't like to think too far ahead.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again.

I just enjoy both working and not working. And fortunately, I work enough where I get that out of my system, and then we take a few days off, take a rest.

America, to me, is freedom.

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.

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me.

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.

I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude.

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

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.