Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelsonis an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie, combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Strangerand Stardust, made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth29 April 1933
CityAbbot, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I didn't feel that I gave them a very good show. I figured one year later, my throat was back and I'd give it another shot.
For helping me to grow I owe a lot I knowTo all the girls I've loved before.
I'd like to see this happen time and time again, thousands of times across the country.
Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove.
I grew up across the street from, you know, the Villarias, which was a great Mexican family there. In fact, there was three houses right across the street from me. So, day and night, I listened to Mexican music, and I'm sure, you know, my guitar playing, singing, writing, whatever, has a lot of Mexican flavor there, but it comes natural.
I think it's true, we have to watch what we're doing. I think if we start out to make what we're trying to do work locally, using local farmers, local people, local control, not going outside and importing a lot of things - everything we need, grow it in the area and be self-sustaining - I think we can probably keep that from happening to a certain degree.
I think this is a great thing that's happening. It's good for the country, it's good for Oklahoma, it's good for all of us.
Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!'
The winds of change are always blowingAnd every time I try to stayThe winds of change continue blowingAnd they just carry me away.
There's a lot of good things going on. For the last year, people have found out more and more about it, including myself. Once they get it, they like it.
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.
I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today.
I dedicate this songTo all the girls I've loved before.
completely in line with what I'm doing. Without getting too philosophical, I sort of look at life as being one scene after another anyway. That's true.