Top 140 Willie Nelson Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Marijuana is like sex. If I don’t do it every day, I get a headache. I think marijuana should be recognized for what it is, as a medicine, an herb that grows in the ground. If you need it, use it.”

— Willie Nelson

52. “How would you like to bite that in the ass, develop lock jaw and be dragged to death?”

— Willie Nelson

53. “Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.”

— Willie Nelson

54. “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.”

— Willie Nelson

55. “If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you. Willie Nelson.”

— Willie Nelson

56. “Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they’re rapping. It’s easier to try to censor some kid who’s swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.”

— Willie Nelson

57. “It doesn’t hurt to feel sad from time to time.”

— Willie Nelson

58. “I just enjoy both working and not working.”

— Willie Nelson

59. “Just because she’s leaving, don’t start believing, that your rock and roll days are gone.”

— Willie Nelson

60. “If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.”

— Willie Nelson

61. “I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.”

— Willie Nelson

62. “A lot of country music is sad.”

— Willie Nelson

63. “When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.”

— Willie Nelson

64. “You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.”

— Willie Nelson

65. “Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.”

— Willie Nelson

66. “As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.”

— Willie Nelson

67. “I don’t smoke as many joints as I used to.”

— Willie Nelson

68. “A frozen river is not a dry one, it’s just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.”

— Willie Nelson

69. “There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.”

— Willie Nelson

70. “Gay or straight? So what? It doesn’t matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless.”

— Willie Nelson

71. “Air you breathe is bad for your lungs so you’ve got to careful and don’t overdue any bad air. Too much pot, too much anything is not good. Your lung is a piece of flesh, a piece of bone. You can injure it.”

— Willie Nelson

72. “The older I get, the more I realize it’s never too early to start appreciating the people in your life. If you love your family, it’s essential that you tell them. They need you and you need them. If you can make someone feel better with just a few words, why wouldn’t you want to use them? Speaking for fathers everywhere, this is the best I can offer. Go hug your daddy. It ain’t too late to save him.”

— Willie Nelson

73. “You can’t hang a man for shooting a woman who was trying to steel his horse.”

— Willie Nelson

74. “I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.”

— Willie Nelson

75. “My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha’s a fine thing.”

— Willie Nelson

76. “Heard you told him that you’d love him ’til the end of time. Now that’s the same thing that you told me.”

— Willie Nelson

77. “I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn’t make any money.”

— Willie Nelson

78. “Well, it’s a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning.”

— Willie Nelson

79. “We’re still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week.”

— Willie Nelson

80. “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.”

— Willie Nelson

81. “All I do is play music and golf – which one do you want me to give up?”

— Willie Nelson

82. “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

83. “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.”

— Willie Nelson

84. “Indecision may or may not be our biggest problem.”

— Willie Nelson

85. “I got in at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2.”

— Willie Nelson

86. “Vaporizers are good for your lungs. Cigarette smoke will kill you. I never heard of anybody dying from marijuana smoke. Vaporizers I think are smarter.”

— Willie Nelson

87. “My granddaddy died when I was about 6 years old, I think. And my grandmother took a job cooking in the school lunchroom. So she did great. She made $18 a week.”

— Willie Nelson

88. “I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that’s about all that’s required.”

— Willie Nelson

89. “I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.”

— Willie Nelson

90. “If you go to a magic show, you don’t want to see logic.”

— Willie Nelson

91. “There’s a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.”

— Willie Nelson

92. “Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.”

— Willie Nelson

93. “More and more people are finding out the benefits of it – hemp and marijuana. The more they delve into it and research it, the more they realize, Hey wait a minute, we should give this another look.”

— Willie Nelson

94. “There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I’ve had a lot of those. I’ve been broke before, and will be again.”

— Willie Nelson

95. “It was and is always nice to work with the kids.”

— Willie Nelson

96. “Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.”

— Willie Nelson

97. “I’m drinking doubles now that you’re running around single again.”

— Willie Nelson

98. “I think innately knew that music draws people together and that good music is liked by almost everybody.”

— Willie Nelson

99. “One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.”

— Willie Nelson

100. “Most of the stuff I’ve read about me has been true.”

— Willie Nelson