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.

My sister played the piano. She’s two years older than me, and I always wanted to play something. So my grandmother got the guitar for me, and showed me a couple of chords to start off. And then I got me a book. Next thing you know, I was playing along with sister.

I don't smoke as many joints as I used to.

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

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

When I would sell encyclopedias, I would drive down the road looking for a house with a swing set in the back, and I'd say, "Oh, those folks got kids. They need some books." I'd knock on their door and sell them a set of encyclopedias, and those books were from $300 to $600. I'd look around the house, and if there wasn't that much furniture in the house, I felt a little bad about selling a $600 set of books to people who couldn't afford a couch. So I didn't last at that job very long.

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