I don’t remember Moses writing, ‘Thou shalt not kill... unless you think you have a good reason.
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
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.
Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
Fortunately, we are not in control.
If you can be content right now, then you’ll always be content, because it’s always right now.
Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.
If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you. Willie Nelson.
There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.
We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.
Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.
I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.
You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
Oh, I think it’s definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it’s maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.