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I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

Willie Nelson

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Willie Nelson
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 10
Actor
Author
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Film Director
Film Producer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Abbott
Texas
Red Headed Stranger
Shotgun Willie
Willie Hugh Nelson
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Country
Never
Gave
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The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me.
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My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band had another blacksmith shop in Abbott, but he liked me. All he had was horns and drums, and I was set up over there with my little guitar with no amps or nothing. I would play as loud as I wanted to, and nobody could hear me.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
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