Posted on 12/04/2019 10:14:54 AM PST by billorites
SAN ANTONIO Midway through a sold out two night stand at the Majestic Theater here, country music icon Willie Nelson said that in spite of recent breathing related health issues, he has no plans to give up touring.
I love the bus, he told KSAT TVs Paul Venema during a recent interview. This is my home.
Performing, he says, is his key to happiness and good health.
Its an energy exchange, he said, describing his relationship with the audience. They give me a lot of positive energy and I hope to give them a lot of positive energy.
He added For an hour they get away from everything they dont like.
Years of smoking marijuana, the country music legend admits, has taken a toll on his health.
Nelson, 86, said I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days and I have to be careful.
I started smoking cedar bark, went from that to cigarettes to whatever, he said. And that almost killed me.
It didnt, so he made a decision.
I dont smoke anymore - take better care of myself, Nelson said.
His health issues have generated rumors suggesting that he is near death.
I dont give a (expletive deleted) Im here, Im glad to be here, and with a smile added Im lucky to be here.
He’s 86 - millions of people who never smoked in their life don’t make it that long. If he’s still touring it looks like he’s had a pretty good run to me.
Willie gave up drinking whiskey for smoking weed after the death of his son.
He has probably been eating a lot of Brownies lately.
He’ll die of diabetes...............
Unfiltered smoke being inhaled deeply into the lungs and held there for as long as the smoker can possibly hold it never struck me as being a particularly healthy thing to do.
He made it to month short of his 87 birthday though and smoked till the day he died. The good news... He didn't waste his life wondering whether or not he should eat this, or eat that and after retiring from the military at the ripe age of 43 he rarely exercised. But he did live large and had a very nice and long life because he rarely wasted his time worrying.
imagine all the bramage to his dain.
/sarc
He is probably eating gummies or brownies.
“Willie Nelson says hes no longer smoking marijuana due to breathing issues”
well, willie, that’s what edibles are for, right? be sure to stop in Colorado to stock up for future tours ...
He found RSO!!
I saw the interview earlier today on TV (HLN, if I remember correctly).
The way I heard it, he had given up on smoking cigarettes (nicotine), not weed.
He recently had to give up some singing engagements due tp respiratory issues.
Gummies
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