Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.
Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.
I fink I gots deaf on me willie.
I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.
You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.
I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
I think I, like most people, enjoy a wide variety of music. Yeah, I like some country stuff - old country stuff. I might not enjoy Billy Ray Cyrus or anything. But, you know, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, early Johnny Cash - absolutely.
In effect, Gore is unwittingly characterizing a large segment of the US population as the next 'Willie Horton. ' This is unfortunate and counterproductive to any dialogue between those who 'believe' and those who don't.
The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . . . The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision.
If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.
If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you. Willie Nelson
I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
If have the choice, to play or not play, I would rather be in there,. . . But I appreciate Willie calling me in and being concerned.
Hey you! Don't be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep
I've always played for the acceptance of my godfather (Willie Mays) and father (Bobby Bonds).
Mancil Travis - I have always had a fascination with this character from my hometown. When I put pen to paper to recount stories I knew of him, I kept hearing this dream sequence in my head that was Willie Sugarcapps harmonies singing like a Greek chorus, "White carnations. "
Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written.
They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.
I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.
