The Tao of Willie, Willie Nelson
The Tao of Willie, Willie Nelson
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The Tao of Willie
A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart

Author: Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte, Turk Pipkin, Willie Nelson

Unabridged: 4 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/09/2006

Synopsis

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.

About The Author

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Willie Nelson has sold over 50 million records, recorded 250 albums, written 2,500 songs, appeared in 25 films, and written two New York Times bestsellers: Willie (an autobiography) and The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes.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 ten books.Tom Stechschulte has worked as an audiobook narrator since 1996. Tom has amassed a considerable range of titles, including young adult titles, celebrity memoirs, and historical fiction like The Big Oyster. His numerous Broadway credits include The Seagull, Inherit the Wind, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and I'm Not Rappaport. Besides film credits including the Manchurian Candidate and What About Bob?, Stechshulte was featured on one of the most famous episodes of The Incredible Hulk ever, September 1979's "Blind Rage."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scottsdale Public Library on April 12, 2024

Willie mingles stories, jokes and adages with a collection of lessons he has learned in this life. Loosely based on the Tao Te Ching, Nelson advocates incorporating into one's life the teachings of that ancient work. But while the Tao inspired this book, Nelson's charming, often humorous tales of his......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 19, 2022

This is the June, 2022 selection of South Austin Spiritual Book Group. This was my first audiobook and I enjoyed the Texas accents and Willie's music in it.......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on September 15, 2022

I read Willie Nelson's autobiography and was impressed by how thoughtful he is. The Tao of Willie is not actually as thoughtful as the biography, although it does cover some of the same ideas. What I learned this time around is that he loves jokes, and has a huge memory store of funny lines, many of......more

Goodreads review by Benny on February 21, 2021

Willie’s witty words of wisdom were written way back in 2007 in what now seems innocent times. I mean: people back then really thought George Bush Jr. was the worst possible American president ever. Somehow Willie's words found their way through a book shop in Ghent to my heart. Praise be! Of course......more

Goodreads review by Sibyl on December 10, 2008

"If you love music, then you are my friend. And furthermore, ...it's good to have lots of friends." -- Willie Nelson I've loved Willie's music ever since I first heard Red Headed Stranger, then Phases and Stages. I delved into his earlier music and loved it all, too. Then forward into the present, an......more

Quotes

"[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

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