Willie Nelson Quotes

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.
Kinky Friedman

Country, Leave, Rights

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
Dan Rather

Truth, Sports, Baseball

What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.
Gabriel Byrne

Life, Down, Big

I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
B. B. King

Mind, Night, Song

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
Gary Allan

Greatest, Said, Around

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.
Brad Paisley

Family, Year, Days

I'd just gotten into Los Angeles from Texas, where I live, and the phone rang and it was the guy calling about the Willie Nelson video. I was totally excited about it.
Corin Nemec

Live, Guy, Excited

But it was great, we sit in the same dressing room where, like, Johnny Cash sat and Willie Nelson and all those guys. That was in itself something amazing - I was on the same space these guys stood on, ya know?
Alan Vega

Great, Amazing, Same

It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.
Suzy Bogguss

Different, Artist, Inside

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.
Benmont Tench

Working, Another, Takes

Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.
Lyle Lovett

Life, Music, Someone

Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.
Paul Rudd

Person, Perfect, Seems

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