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.
Willie NelsonI think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.
Willie NelsonWhere I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.
Willie NelsonHorses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them.
Willie Nelson