Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.

I am always excited about these conversations.

I mean it sincerely, I mean it genuinely when I say it, the fact that I get a chance

to spend as much time as I do with people who I admire, people I'm curious about, people

I'm interested in is a privilege and it does excite me.

But some days you're a little more excited than others.

And today is one of those because my guest is an American icon who goes by the name of

Willie Nelson, the great Willie Nelson, the icon Willie Nelson.

This is my first ever, I believe Willie on Willie interview.

I've never interviewed Willie Mays.

Boy, I'd love to do that too.

And this is my first conversation with Willie Nelson.

So we had some fun.

He is at home outside Austin, Texas, just to paint you a picture.

He is over zoom.

His wife Annie of 30 years.

They'll celebrate their 30th anniversary later this year.

It was just the two of them.

I love telling these behind the scenes stories because a lot of times you'll get a team,

a technical team, a creative director setting up shots.

No, this was like talking to relatives.

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