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I Learned Some Invaluable Lessons In Nashville That Apply To Both Farming And Show Business: Do Not Corner Something You Know Is Meaner Than You; Keep Skunks Of All Kinds At A Distance; If You Forgive Your Enemies, It Messes Up Their Heads.

When I Left Nashville I Went To Texas Because That's Where I Came From, And Because I Was Playing In Texas A Lot In Different Places. And I Saw Hippies And Rednecks Drinking Beer Together And Smoking Dope Together And Having A Good Time Together And I Knew It Was Possible To Get All Groups Of People Together - Long Hair, Short Hair, No Hair - And Music Would Bring Them Together.

I Started Learning My Lessons In Abbot Texas, Where I Was Born In 1933. My Sister Bobbie And I Were Raised By Our Grandparents [...] We Never Had Enough Money, And Bobbie And I Started Working At An Early Age To Help The Family Get By. That Hard Work Included Picking Cotton. [...] Picking Cotton Is Hard And Painful Work, And The Most Lasting Lesson I Learned In The Fields Was That I Didn't Want To Spend My Life Picking Cotton.

As Adults We Try To Relax From The Never-ending Quest For Reason And Order By Drinking A Little Whiskey Or Smoking Whatever Works For Us, But The Wisdom Isn't In The Whiskey Or The Smoke. The Wisdom Is In The Moments When The Madness Slips Away And We Remember The Basics.

If You’re Not Crazy There’s Something Wrong With You. Willie Nelson