If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
I use vaporizers a lot. It cuts down on the heat and the smoke. And for a singer that’s not a bad idea.
I still probably smoke as much as I ever did!
It was and is always nice to work with the kids.
My granddaddy died when I was about 6 years old, I think. And my grandmother took a job cooking in the school lunchroom. So she did great. She made $18 a week.
I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call “policing the area.” That’s where you looked around and if there’s anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that’s a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won’t have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed.
Memories remind us that every moment of our lives, even the most tragic, have contributed to our strength. We’ve gotten through. We’re still here.
There is no such thing as a normal person. There is just you and me.” – Willie Nelson.
Cause one way or the other,” I said, rolling a fat one, “it’s all gonna work out.” “And what makes you so goddamn sure?” I took a hit and held it in. When I exhaled, I said, slowly but deliberately, “It’s a matter of faith, Waylon. And I got enough faith to last me this lifetime and whatever lifetimes come next.
I fly a star ship across the universe divide and when I reach the other side; I’ll find a place to rest my spirit if I can. Perhaps, I may become a highwayman again or I may simply be a single drop of rain but I will remain and I’ll be back again and again and again and again and again and again.
When it’s on us, seems like the storm will never pass. But it always does.
Positive thoughts lead to positive actions.
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by our desires for material things, but the fact is, most of us know what we truly value. Sometimes we just need a little reminder.
So if I’m not normal and you’re not normal and they’re not normal – why in the blue blazes do we all spend so much time pretending we are?
Get in there. Sing the song. Get out. I’m not big on a hundred takes and a thousand overdubs. My kind of singing isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me. After a couple of takes, that reflection is pretty accurate.
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man.” I sang it nice and slow.
The older I get, the more I realize it’s never too early to start appreciating the people in your life. If you love your family, it’s essential that you tell them. They need you and you need them. If you can make someone feel better with just a few words, why wouldn’t you want to use them? Speaking for fathers everywhere, this is the best I can offer. Go hug your daddy. It ain’t too late to save him.
You know inside whether it’s right. But you still have to choose to do it.
Next to his pecker, a picker’s fingers are his most precious body parts.
I am the only person who can set me free from what might have been.