Have you ever asked a Willie Nelson fan what their favorite Willie Nelson song is?

And if you did, did they look at you like you were nuts?

Because for most of us, picking just one is next to impossible.

I'd have to be crazy to stop all my singing

and never play music again.

Still, with all those great songs to choose from,

there are threads that run through most of them.

For instance, a willy song may sound simple,

but they're typically anything but.

Here's country star Jack Ingram.

By the time you get through the first verse of the song, you're already on six or seven chords.

That's part of the thing that makes it so memorable for me is that it's intricate, but simple.

These are songs that we have relationships with. They may have taught us a lesson or helped us through a hard time.

They may have helped us connect with someone, creating a common ground where we never would

have expected one to be.

Holy shit, what am I going to play?

What do you play for a president?

I mean, that was when the panic sat in.

They rolled him in in his wheelchair,

and we were sitting right by the fireplace.

I mean, it was literally just like out of a movie.

Then he says, do you know any Willie Nelson?

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