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Willie Nelson Reflects connected Turning 90 & How Marijuana Saved His Life
Willie Nelson is acceptable to party.
The state euphony fable is turning 90 connected April 28, and, to decently observe his milestone birthday, he's headlining a two-day performance successful Los Angeles. "Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90," volition instrumentality place April 29 and 30 astatine the Hollywood Bowl, and diagnostic performances by Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, The Chicks, Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg and galore much artists.
And earlier the star-studded event, Nelson is pre-gaming by releasing a caller workplace album—he'll driblet I Don't Know A Thing About Love connected March 3—and the iconic singer-songwriter besides teamed up with Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart for a caller BIC EZ Reach lighter run that gives a fiery wink to Nelson and Snoop's shared emotion for marijuana.
Having a jam-packed docket astatine 89 is fitting for the "Blue Eyes Crying successful the Rain" vocalist who's fixed a batch of thought to the bequest he'll leave.
"Oh, that I ever showed up," Nelson told E! News' Francesca Amiker erstwhile asked however helium wants to beryllium remembered. But don't expect his keys for surviving specified a afloat beingness successful his ninth decade.
"I privation I could archer you," Nelson answered. "I truly don't know, but that I truly bash judge successful imagining what you privation to bash and fto it happen. And that's my afloat doctrine and it's working."
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As for his diet, Nelson admitted, "I don't devour a lot," but the iconic singer-songwriter did stock that helium does bask eggs, waffles, toast and drinks "a lot" of macromolecule shakes.
"I'm doing beauteous good," helium said. "I've managed to support my value down beauteous good, and I truly don't bash thing that's atrocious for me. I don't portion arsenic overmuch arsenic I utilized to. I inactive instrumentality a portion of tequila occasionally, but not similar I utilized to."
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As for his well-documented emotion of marijuana, "Well, it not lone saved my life, it astir apt saved immoderate different people's lives," helium explained, "because earlier I smoked marijuana, I was drinking a lot. And I mightiness person killed a batch of people, too. So I'm conscionable gladsome that that didn't happen. I'm gladsome we unrecorded done each of atrocious times."
Prior to teaming up for their BIC EZ Reach lighter ncommercial with Stewart, Nelson and Snoop Dogg had been friends for rather immoderate time, with Nelson reflecting connected 1 of their hangouts successful Amsterdam. "Oh, we had truthful overmuch amusive trying to retired fume the different one," helium said, going connected to uncover the 2 had adjacent begun moving connected a opus together. But, helium admitted, "I'm not definite we ever finished it oregon not!"
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Completing that opus isn't connected Nelson's bucket database though, nor is thing other for that matter, arsenic the 10-time Grammy victor said helium doesn't person thing "major" near helium wants to accomplish.
"Oh, you know," helium said. "One time astatine a time."
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