One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.

The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.

The life I love is making music with my friends.

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I’ve had a lot of those. I’ve been broke before, and will be again.

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.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.