I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ... I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to...I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ... Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

Horses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them.

...when you put your life in a good place, good things follow.

There's so many things going on in the world, Babies dying. Mothers crying. How much oil is one human life worth. And what ever happened to peace on earth.

But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me!

Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.

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