It’s always interesting to hear something from behind the scenes when it comes to our favorite celebrities. That is what happened recently with Willie Nelson.
We have been waiting quite some time for the release of the autobiography by country music legend, Willie Nelson. That autobiography, ‘Me and Paul: Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship’ tells more than what we thought possible.
One thing that we learned in the autobiography is how Nelson was feeling low at one point in his life and attempted suicide. It was shocking to learn that revelation.
We also learned that Willie Nelson loves living the good life and he looks for ways to improve his life when possible. He doesn’t plan on leaving the music business and he tries to remain optimistic on a daily basis. He sings to keep his lungs healthy and jogs regularly.
You should also expect to see Willie Nelson performing on stage for quite some time to come. He has struggled in the past but he is sticking with it and committed to his career in music.
Willie Nelson was born in 1933 and along with his older sister, Bobby, were raised during the Great Depression.
He was first exposed to music when attending a small Methodist Church with his grandparents in the local town where they grew up. His grandparents also had a musical background and he described them as being ‘dedicated musical teachers.’ They encouraged Willie and Bobby to get involved.
Willie Nelson was also only six years old when he got his first guitar and it was only months later that his grandfather would die. Soon after he was writing poetry and music. One of his famous gospel songs, ‘Family Bible’ was sold to his friend and a guitar teacher for $50 in 1959.
In his 2015 memoir, he said that the church did not call him his ‘restless and rambunctious soul.’ He went on to say: “Mama Nelson had to tether toddler Willie to a pole in the yard to keep him from wandering off. Don’t know where I’d have gone if I could have, but I had the itch early on–the itch to look beyond the end of the road.”
It wasn’t long before he was playing with a local polka band and getting his start in his music career. He said: “I was ten, a member in good standing of the Methodist Church and a devoted grandson. At the same time, when I was invited to play music in a beer joint, I said to hell with all the objections raised by the bible-thumpers.”
