"I think it's important for people, especially young people, to know upon whose shoulders they stand. Who your heroes are tells a lot about who you are. These are some of mine. People who represent the people. And we're not seeing that in politics these days,"

"If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus."

"These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable."

"I think it's important for people, especially young people, to know upon whose shoulders they stand. Who your heroes are tells a lot about who you are. These are some of mine. People who represent the people. And we're not seeing that in politics these days,"

"If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus."

"These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable."