It&39s a Long Story My Life [Hardcover]

The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson

Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned.

. . . So say the publishers about this book I've written.

What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it.

It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias while hosting radio shows and writing song after song, hoping to strike gold.

It's a story of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms, with a musical sound track ripping right through it.

My life gets lived on the road, at home, and on the road again, tried and true, and I've written it all down from my heart to yours.

Signed,
Willie NelsonWillie Nelsonis an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. He was inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993. A smooth-spoken recollection of the country legend's childhood and his eight-decade-long musical career.... Just like this book -- and its subject -- direct and genuine. Mike Snider,USA Today Invaluable... Nelson writes the way he sings and plays guitar--with conversational ease and grace. James Reed,The Boston Globe Every page radiates authenticity.... Heartfelt.... Douglas Brinkley,The Washington Post Endlessly entertaining.... Readers ofIt's a Long Storywill finally get the sense that Nelson is sitting before them spilling everything he can remember.... It's a wonderful thing if you love ol' Willie -- and who doesn't? ... Nelson has spent decades on the road building this story -- do yourself a favor and take a day or two to read it. Hunter Hauk,Dallas Morning News Brims with affectil#*