Willie Nelson

“I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.”

“When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.”

“I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm just not qualified.”

“Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything.”

“When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.”

“I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!”

“All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?”

“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.”

“I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing about things when I was eight or 10 years old that I hadn't lived long enough to experience. That's why I also believe in reincarnation, that we were put here with ideas to pass around.”

“Freedom is control in your own life.”

“You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection.”

“Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.”

“I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.”

“If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.”

“As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.”

“I don't like to think too far ahead.”

“But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me!”

“When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.”

“Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.”