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Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.

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Willie Nelson
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 10
Actor
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Abbott
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Red Headed Stranger
Shotgun Willie
Willie Hugh Nelson
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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.
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If a song was ever good, it's still good.
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Just can't wait to get on the road again
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There's so many things going on in the world, Babies dying. Mothers crying. How much oil is one human life worth. And what ever happened to peace on earth.
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A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.
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Vaporizers are good for your lungs. Cigarette smoke will kill you. I never heard of anybody dying from marijuana smoke. Vaporizers I think are smarter.
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There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.
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Every now and then I'll think of something to put back in the show. I just kind of play it off the top of my head. If I do it that way it keeps it kinda fresh.
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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.
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Those people out there like good music. They don't stop and ask themselves, 'Is it country or rock and roll?' If they like it, they will tell you.
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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.
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If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.
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The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don't do it every day I get a headache.
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We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.
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I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
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Marijuana is like sex. If I don't do it every day, I get a headache. I think marijuana should be recognized for what it is, as a medicine, an herb that grows in the ground. If you need it, use it.
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I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.
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Small family farmers are the only things that can save us because they take care of the land. Future farmers of America are going to be our heroes. Same with biodiesel, either way we need small family saustainable and organic farmers.
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