Willie Nelson Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

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

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Three

  FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Dec 04, 2013

• Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

  Willie Nelson

  Love, Music, Country

  Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.99, Penguin

• 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.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Art

  "Willie Nelson: 'Three Chords and the Truth—That's What a Country Song Is'". Interview with Dotson Rader, parade.com. June 27, 2010.

• Oh, I think it's definitely spiritual. All music is. I think it's maybe one of the highest forms of spirituality.

  Willie Nelson

  Spiritual, Country, Thinking

• I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Gave Up

• I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ... I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to...I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ... Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Writing

• 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.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Thinking, Rays

• Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Sorry

• At 82, Nelson (who wrote the song "On the Road Again," among a thousand or more others) is the elder statesman of country music, a steadying and powerful voice in the industry and on environmental issues, and he's still on the road much of the year. The music keeps calling.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Song, Powerful

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• A lot of country music is sad.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Music Is

  "Willie Nelson Opens Up About Music, Marriages And Marijuana" by Marianne Horner, theboot.com. June 28, 2010.

• 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.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, Rocks, Rock And Roll

• There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

  Willie Nelson

  Country, World, Enthusiasm

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