The Tao of Willie

A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart

Willie Nelson

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Gotham Books
10 May 2007

Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice

National icon Willie Nelson has evolved over the years from country music outlaw swimming against a whiskey river to a Zen-like figure of wisdom and contentment. In this autobiographical collection of life advice, one of America's truest hearts reveals the spiritual and practical lessons learned from decades of hard knocks and good bounces.

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. With The Tao of Willie, 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.

With stories that will make you both laugh out loud and look deep inside yourself, Willie Nelson shows us how the Willie way-and the way of the Tao-can also be your way.

His timeless insights sparkle with clarity- It's like having a one-on-one conversation with the sage himself.

By: Willie Nelson
Imprint: Gotham Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 16mm
ISBN: 9781592402878
ISBN 10: 1592402879
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 10 May 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A longtime friend and golfing buddy of Willie's, writer, director and actor Turk Pipkin has appeared in numerous feature films and played a recurring character on The Sopranos. A contributing editor to Texas Monthly, he has also written for television and is the author of eight previous books.

Reviews for The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart

"""[T]he book is a wily tour through Nelson's obsessions. . . the amusements keep coming.”—The New York Times Book Review ""Seriously fun guide offers readers the full Nelson. . . . [a] whimsical yet serious guide to happiness. . . . The Willie philosophy is simple, a blending of 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you' and 'don't sweat the small stuff.'"" —Boston Sunday Herald ""...Nelsonian philosophy on everything from politics to golf."" —Time ""Folksy advice, colorful jokes, and anecdotes from the stage.""—LIFE magazine"