As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.

If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.

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.

I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that's about all that's required.

At 82, Nelson (who wrote the song "On the Road Again," among a thousand or more others) is the elder statesman of country music, a steadying and powerful voice in the industry and on environmental issues, and he's still on the road much of the year. The music keeps calling.

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!

What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else.