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" 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. "
Willie Nelson
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" When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best. "
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" 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? "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Writing
Bus
" Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything. "
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Ability
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" I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. "
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Hard
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" Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. "
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Recording
" 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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Texas
Small
" 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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Swing
Where
Up
" I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today. "
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I Can
" I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style! "
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Guess
Style
You
" 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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Mind
See
Someone
" 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
" All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? "
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You
Me
Music
" You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. "
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Poor
Something
You
" 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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Knowledge
You
Think
" You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection. "
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Wanted
Creepy
Make
" When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song. "
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You
Song
" Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless. "
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Hurt
Gay
You
" Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. "
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Positive
Negative
You
" Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. "
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Going
Orchestra
Stomach
" We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way. "
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Maybe
Million
Other
" I just enjoy both working and not working. "
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Both
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Just
" It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time. "
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Sad
Feel
From Time To Time
" I don't like to think too far ahead. "
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" Great songs stand out wherever they're from. "
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Stand
Wherever
Songs
" I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to. "
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Roads
Place
" When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. "
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Thankful
Started
Life
" I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude. "
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Friends And Family
Friends
Family
" 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
Me