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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. "

Willie Nelson

Country

Down

Borders

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" 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. "

" Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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Where

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

" I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone. "

" 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'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am. "

" 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!' "

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

" I started out writing poems before I figured to put melodies to them and play the guitar. Somewhere, there's a book out there on all those early songs and poems. I hope no one ever finds it. I don't think it's my finest work. "

" 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. "

" If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time. "

" 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. "

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

Willie Nelson

Nothing

Unhappy

" 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. "

" Great songs stand out wherever they're from. "

" I don't like to think too far ahead. "

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Far

Ahead

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

" 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. "

" You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it. "

" I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'. "

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Come

Here

" There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies. "

" I like to play small clubs. "

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Play

Small

" 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. "

" I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines. "

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People

Government

" I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. "

Willie Nelson

Myself

Writing