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" The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me. "
Willie Nelson
House
Lord
Up
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" Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. "
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" 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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" I don't like to think too far ahead. "
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" When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best. "
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" I just enjoy both working and not working. "
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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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See
Someone
" It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time. "
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Feel
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" I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. "
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Like
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" I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'. "
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Here
" I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. "
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Never
Music
Doing
" 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
Think
" I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone. "
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Time
Long Time
You
" There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world. "
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Good
Great
Music
" 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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Yourself
" You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. "
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Something
You
" We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way. "
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Million
Other
" Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. "
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Going
Orchestra
Stomach
" 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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You
Like
Me
" 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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Create
Help
" 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. "
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Singing
Good
People
" 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
" I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style! "
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Guess
Style
You
" Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. "
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Positive
Negative
You
" 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. "
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Good
Want
Parent
" 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. "
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Start
Old
More
" 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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Flower
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" I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone. "
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Long Time
" I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have. "
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Anger
They Say
" I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm just not qualified. "
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Love
Music
" 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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Truth
Art
World