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The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart By Willie NelsonTurk Pipkin ( Gotham )
Release Date: 2007-05-10
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Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helping his neighbors and living without pretense. After many hardscrabble years as a poorly paid songwriter (often watching his work become a gold mine for other performers), Willie finally found his own voice—the gentle but unmistakably honest sound that has made him an American icon. Now the master of harmonization has created a guide to finding harmony in everyday life. Featuring vignettes from each chapter of his seventy-plus years (along with plenty of his favorite jokes), The Tao of Willie captures his views on money, love, war, religion, cowboys, and other essential Willie topics. Loosely based on the principles of the Chinese philosophy of the Tao Te Cheng, which Willie has admired and followed for much of his adult life, this inspiring and entertaining collection of “Willie wisdom” takes us from his roadhouse days, when he united redneck rockers with straitlaced country music fans, to the mega-sized benefit concerts and environmentalism that define his boundless heart. In the spirit of his fellow Texan Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book, Willie’s timeless insights sparkle with clarity: It’s like having a one-on-one conversation with the sage himself.
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 Down to Earth Tao
Gotta love Willie. He is just down to earth-real and very compassionate. I loaned the book to a friend, so I havent gotten all the way through, but I liked what I read so far.
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 JUST GOOD OLE WILLY ( pohnpei90 )
Just another fun, creative, heart-warming piece from Willie. He takes all the wisdom for happiness to fill the heart, and from his creative music, and from his personal life/s (he's had more than his share), and turns out a nice, relaxing philosophical tome for pleasurable, meaningful, comfortable reading. It's not academic, just some guidelines for living a good life and information about how Willie turned out to be Willie. I liked it and glad that I bought it. As the sign sez in Luck, Texas: "If you're not here, you're out of luck..."
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 Great book!
I've enjoyed reading The Tao of Willie very much. It's full of wisdom and humor and gives you the feeling that you know Willie personal.
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If you like Willie Nelson, you'll like this book
Easy read, Simple words from a simple man, Willie Nelson. Lots of good advice for taking life easy. Makes a good gift.
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This book changed my outlook on life ( melaniebhagat )
This book is wonderful. It's entertaining, but so much more than that. Willie's wisdom is priceless. I learned some valuable things from reading this book, such as taking the time to appreciate the present moment and accepting things the way they are.
I originally borrowed this book from the library, but I had to buy it because it's the kind of book that you want to read again and again.
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