American - Musician | April 29, 1933 -
I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me.
Willie Nelson
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I started out writing poems before I figured to put melodies to them and play the guitar. Somewhere, there's a book out there on all those early songs and poems. I hope no one ever finds it. I don't think it's my finest work.
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Great songs stand out wherever they're from.
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All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it.
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I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.
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Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.
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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.
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All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?
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I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.
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The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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.
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