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
When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.
The fight to save family farms isn't just about farmers. It's about making sure that there is a safe and healthy food supply for all of us. It's about jobs, from Main Street to Wall Street. It's about a better America.
As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.
The winds of change are always blowingAnd every time I try to stayThe winds of change continue blowingAnd they just carry me away.
The song's been in the closet for 20 years. The timing's right for it to come out.
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.
This song's been in the closet for 20 years.
We just about threw away the whole store and restocked it,
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.
I'd like to see this happen time and time again, thousands of times across the country.
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.
Mainly because I'd already been paid on it . . . and paid pretty good.
I have a lot of respect for the military. I like to show them that I support them every chance I get. ... We get as much out of it as (the soldiers).
For helping me to grow I owe a lot I knowTo all the girls I've loved before.