Country singer Willie Nelson speaks to The Telegraph about his memoir "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die", President Obama, the end of the world and his new Christmas film
Nelson has turned out to be a Jack Of All Trades and a master of quite a few of them. After recently releasing his memoir, "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die" which was an instant success, the American country singer is releasing a Christmas movie called "When Angels Sing" with Lyle Lovett and Kris Kristofferson.
The 79-year-old singer is also in talks about doing a couple of Western films.
Nelson's book includes subjects like the struggles of ordinary American and farmers, environmental problems, music, anecdotes and politics.
"He has been good for America and I knew him from when he was a young politician in Chicago," Nelson told the Telegraph about president Barack Obama. "But when you get elected President I think the first thing they do is take you in a room and say you know you're not gonna do sh-t. Your hands are tied and Congress have the whole thing locked down and we all get screwed. But Obama will do better this time. There are so many things going on in the world that he will be kept real busy with some major decisions."
Nelson will turn the big 8-0 April 30, 2013 and talked about staying in shape.
"I have always been interested in keeping fit and doing boxing and wrestling," he said. "As a youngster, I loved Charles Atlas, Bruce Lee and Kung Fu. But when I lived in Nashville I switched to doing Taekwondo. Last year, at the age of 78, I got my second degree black belt. And singing is the best exercise - two hours a day will keep you in pretty good shape. I think it's very important to learn from your own body. It doesn't lie to you. If it feels good, do it. If it don't feel good, don't do it."
