Willie Nelson

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

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.

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

I'm a romantic slob!

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

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&ampB.

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

A lot of country music is sad.

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?

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

I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.

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.

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?

America, to me, is freedom.

Freedom is control in your own life.

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

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.

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.