Willie Hugh Nelson

on stage at Cardiff, Wales (25 January 2007)

Born: 30 April 1933, Abbott, Texas
Biography from Wikipedia and Rolling Stone
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Willie Nelson quotes:
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- After the terrorist attack we're not supposed to criticize America. It's viewed as unpatriotic. But true patriotism is wanting America to be the best place it can be. permalink
Willie Nelson - Playboy interview with David Sheff (November 2002) - All I do is play music and golf. Which one do you want me to give up? permalink
Willie Nelson - America was founded as a place for everyone, where everyone has an opportunity. Do we want it to be a place only for the rich? I don't. permalink
Willie Nelson - Playboy interview with David Sheff (November 2002) - Are we going to look at poverty, disproportionate wealth and the horrors in the world or ignore them? The poorest places are the ones where terrorism breeds. permalink
Willie Nelson - Playboy interview with David Sheff (November 2002) - Don't write a song unless you have something to say. permalink
Willie Nelson - For helping me to grow I owe a lot I know
To all the girls I've loved before. permalink
Willie Nelson - Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless. permalink
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. permalink
Willie Nelson - How do you stop terrorism when your enemy is scattered in 80 countries? permalink
Willie Nelson - Playboy interview with David Sheff (November 2002) - I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone. permalink
Willie Nelson - I can knock off a happy ditty pretty easily. Something real — something meaningful and deeper — is harder. permalink
Willie Nelson - Playboy interview with David Sheff (November 2002) - I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'. permalink
Willie Nelson - I don't remember Moses writing, 'Thou shalt not kill unless you think you have a good reason'. permalink
Willie Nelson - The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart (2006) - I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone. permalink
Willie Nelson - I have written more than 1000 songs, most of them never recorded. The timing wasn't right or whatever. The songs that became the hits don't tell the whole story. Most songs disappear without a trace. You never know how people will take to them, what will strike a chord. If you did, you'd always do it. You'd record only hits. No one can do that. permalink
Willie Nelson - Playboy interview with David Sheff (November 2002)
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