A frozen river is not a dry one, it's just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.

If I started drinking again, there would be a lot of people bringing me pot because I can't handle alcohol. I just am not a good drinker. I get a little alcohol in me and I start trying to change the world, and that's not good. A lot of people are the same way. So that's why I don't drink anymore.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

A frozen river is not a dry one, it's just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.

I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.

When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".

Do something bad a thousand times and it's no big deal. Everyone just goes, "Willie f - up again."