I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

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

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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

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

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Be gentle with your words - you can't take them back.

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You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

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If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you. Willie Nelson

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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

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As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.

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If a song was ever good, it's still good.

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