“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
― Willie Nelson
“There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.”
― Willie Nelson
“Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don’t want to be. You’ll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there’s a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don’t let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you’re really gonna get pissed, don’t waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers, save it for something that really matters.”
― Willie Nelson
“Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.”
― Willie Nelson
“God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.”
― Willie Nelson
“You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.”
― Willie Nelson
“You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.”
― Willie Nelson
“…when you put your life in a good place, good things follow.”
― Willie Nelson
“I got along without you before I met you and I’ll get along without you a long time after you’re gone.”
― Willie Nelson
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
― Willie Nelson
“I don’t remember Moses writing, ‘Thou shalt not kill.. unless you think you have a good reason.”
― Willie Nelson
“Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.”
― Willie Nelson
“If you’ve made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.”
― Willie Nelson
“As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn’t in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.”
― Willie Nelson
“If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you.
Willie Nelson”
― Willie Nelson
“You will never find love until you stop looking.”
― Willie Nelson
“A lot of people make money off of fear and negativity and any way they can feed it to you is to their benefit in a lot of ways. You can’t avoid it completely; you have to be open enough that shit doesn’t stick on you, it goes through, because you are gonna be hit and bombarded all the time with negativity… You just let things go on through without trying to stop them or block them.”
― Willie Nelson
“Gay or straight? So what? It doesn’t matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless.”
― Willie Nelson
“Life and water are inseparable. Three quarters of the earth’s surface is covered by water, just as three quarters of your body is made up of water. Even in the driest desert where rain may come just once every few years, the cycles of life are based on waiting for the arrival of water. Our bodies are not so patient.
Every cell in your body needs water to survive, and that means that drinking plenty of clean, fresh water can make you stronger healthier and smarter. Water carries oxygen and fuel to your cells, lubricates your joints, regulates your body temperature, and plays a key roll in just about every function of your body.
My number one roadie, POODIE, says, “You can’t make a turd without grease.”
― Willie Nelson
“I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call “policing the area.” That’s where you looked around and if there’s anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that’s a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won’t have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed.”
― Willie Nelson
“Fortunately, we are not in control.”
― Willie Nelson
“I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.”
― Willie Nelson
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
― Willie Nelson
“I believe in looseness.”
― Willie Nelson
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
― Willie Nelson
“Memories remind us that every moment of our lives, even the most tragic, have contributed to our strength. We’ve gotten through. We’re still here.”
― Willie Nelson
“There is no such thing as a normal person. There is just you and me.” – Willie Nelson”
― Willie Nelson
“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.”
― Willie Nelson
“And when I die, put it on my stone. God said, Sucker get your bad ass home. I wasn’t Superman. I wasn’t Superman”
― Willie Nelson
“Cause one way or the other,” I said, rolling a fat one, “it’s all gonna work out.” “And what makes you so goddamn sure?” I took a hit and held it in. When I exhaled, I said, slowly but deliberately, “It’s a matter of faith, Waylon. And I got enough faith to last me this lifetime and whatever lifetimes come next.”
― Willie Nelson
“Memories remind us that every moment of our lives, even the most tragic, have contributed to our strength. We’ve gotten through. We’re still here.”
― Willie
“Cause one way or the other,” I said, rolling a fat one, “it’s all gonna work out.” “And what makes you so goddamn sure?” I took a hit and held it in. When I exhaled, I said, slowly but deliberately, “It’s a matter of faith, Waylon. And I got enough faith to last me this lifetime and whatever lifetimes come next.”
― Willie Nelson
“When it’s on us, seems like the storm will never pass. But it always does.”
― Willie Nelson
“Positive thoughts lead to positive actions.”
― Willie Nelson
“Get in there. Sing the song. Get out. I’m not big on a hundred takes and a thousand overdubs. My kind of singing isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me. After a couple of takes, that reflection is pretty accurate.”
― Willie Nelson
“Do Right Woman, Do Right Man.” I sang it nice and slow”
― Willie Nelson
“Truth be told, these fuckers don’t know their elbows from their assholes.”
― Willie Nelson
“We on the coast, Zeke?” I asked. “Afraid not, Willie,” he said. “Where are we?” “Weatherford, Texas.” Weatherford is barely twenty-five miles west of Fort Worth.”
― Willie Nelson
“Next to his pecker, a picker’s fingers are his most precious body parts.”
― Willie Nelson
“Bottom line is that I’ve seen some progress in my time. Not long ago millions of gay folks were hiding in the closet and living in fear. Now they’re free to come out, create their own path, and even marry. That’s a beautiful thing.
I’m not saying things are perfect, but I am saying they’re better than when I was coming up. I still see the need to protest, especially on behalf of the small farmer and especially on behalf of our environment. If we fuck up this planet any more, we fuck up the future of our kids and grandkids. Global warming is serious as sin. I’ll play just about any damn benefit where the money goes to protecting our earth, water, and sky. I still believe in taking strong stands.”
― Willie Nelson
“It’s good to change. If the change brings about confusion, who cares? Confusion makes you think. And that’s another good thing.”
― Willie Nelson
“I sang ’em all—“Night Life,” “Funny How Time Slips Away,” “Crazy,” “Mr. Record Man,” “I Gotta Get Drunk,” “The Party’s Over.”
― Willie Nelson
“When it comes to persecuting people for pot, there’s a long list of horror stories. The thing that gets me is, why? Why waste precious law enforcement resources on bullshit? I”
― Willie Nelson
“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind,” said Peale, “which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you.”
― Willie Nelson
“found a registered two-thousand-pound prize Seminole bull with a note that said, “Here’s that calf I owe you.” Faron took the bull out to pasture, where he and his partner Jimmy C. Newman, a star of the Grand Ole Opry, used it for breeding for years. Tootsie’s was the launching pad for all kinds of grand connections. One night I spotted Charlie Dick. He was Patsy Cline’s husband and manager. I had with me a copy of “Night Life” that I’d cut with Paul Buskirk in”
― Willie Nelson
“pick up Trigger and see where this new”
― Willie Nelson, It’s a Long Story: My Life