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" I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude. "
Willie Nelson
Friends And Family
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" 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. "
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" I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am. "
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" Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues. "
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" A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world. "
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Art
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" As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them. "
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" 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. "
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" 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!' "
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Loved
" I just enjoy both working and not working. "
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" If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves. "
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" But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me! "
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Like
Me
" 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. "
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Parents
Texas
Small
" Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. "
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" We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week. "
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Here
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" I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do. "
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You
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" I don't like to think too far ahead. "
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" Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play. "
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" We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. "
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" All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? "
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Me
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" If a song was ever good, it's still good. "
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" I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control. "
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Control
Reasons
Texas
" When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song. "
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Know
You
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to. "
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Roads
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" When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. "
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" We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way. "
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" I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'. "
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" 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. "
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