Willie Nelson Bio
Willie Nelson was born (born April 30, 1933) and raised in Abbott, Texas, the son of Myrle and Ira D. Nelson, who was a mechanic and pool hall owner. His grandparents William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers gave him mail-order music lessons starting at age six. Willie played the guitar, while his sister Bobbie played the piano. He met Bud Fletcher, a fiddler, and two siblings joined his band, Bohemian Fiddlers, while Nelson was in high school.
Beginning in high school Nelson worked as a disc jockey for local radio stations. Nelson had short DJ stints with KHBR in Hillsboro, Texas and later with KBOP in Pleasanton, Texas.
While singing locally in honky tonk bars. In 1956, Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, to begin a musical career, recording "Lumberjack," which was written by Leon Payne. The single sold fairly well, but did not establish a career. Nelson continued to work as a radio announcer in Vancouver and sing in clubs. Next, he sold a song called "Family Bible" for $50.¹
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Willie Nelson Quotes
"I'm not that much of a quantity writer. I don't feel like I have to write something every day. I used to worry about it when I hadn't written anything
in a while, and Roger Miller used to tell me, 'Donšt worry about it. When the well runs dry you have to wait for awhile for it fill up again.'" ~ Willie Nelson
"I knew we needed to have something that would keep us from being so dependent on foreign oil, and when I heard about biodiesel, a light come on, and I said, 'Hey, here's the future for the farmers, the future for the environment, the future for the truckers.' It seems like that's good for the whole world if we can start growing our own fuel instead of starting wars over it." ~ Willie Nelson on his own brand of biodiesel fuel
"I could have gotten all pissed off thirty-something years ago when my wife Shirley tied my drunk ass to the bed with a clothesline and woke me up by beating me with a mop handle, but instead I figured I probably had it coming." ~ Willie regarding his past infidelities
