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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.

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Willie Nelson
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 10
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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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As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.
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I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.
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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly.
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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.
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On the road again, goin' places that I've never been. Seein' things that I may never see again, and I can't wait to get on the road again.
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I'm a little prejudiced when it comes to horses. I have always loved them.
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You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say.
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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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Like anything else, you can use the Internet for good or ill. You can get out of it what you want to. There's no evil about it. The way I see it, it's a liberation.
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