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>> i dont know, 2,000, 3,000, maybe more. >> larry: how many cds have you collected? >> i dont either. there has been a lot of compilations, bootlegs, different ones, i dont know, hundreds. >> larry: which of your songs -- this may be hard with all of them -- are you proudest of? >> well, the ones that "crazy," "funny how times sway," "on the road again." "angels flying too close to the ground." >> larry: how did you come up with "crazy"? a great song, a great tune. >> i dont know where it came ...

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Any songwriter, if youre a pro, you ought to be able to write on the spot. >> larry: you often perform with your younger sons. are they on tour with you? >> theyre starting out with me. lukas is playing opening for me on the next tour that i started. >> larry: must be very proud. >> thats exciting, yeah. >> larry: tell me about bio willie. what is that? >> larry: that is the name of a product, biodiesel, that we developed, made out of vegetable oil from restaurants. and we use it to fuel the tru...

Much and there is nobody that doesnt. everybody likes willie nelson. >> i like everybody, too, you know? >> larry: you like people? >> yeah. >> larry: what about the plans for the july fourth backwards summer picnic this year. >> were having it. leon russell, ray wily hover, billy joe shaffer. i tell everybody you got to have three names to get on there. >> larry: in austin, right? >> in austin. >> larry: youre touring all summer? >> all summer. in june we go to europe and come back just in time...

>> im sure they have. >> larry: so you think there was something going on inside the building? >> well, i just question the whole thing. i question the story. i question the implosions. it just looks too simple, you know. >> larry: others have questioned it, too, although there was an investigation. >> there was an investigation, and i think there should be more. >> larry: willie nelson. another tweet to kings things. how many guitars do you own? >> oh, ive got probably 12, 15, around the house ...

Putting anything in your lungs that has heat and smoke in it. yeah, you can overdo it, but as far as being as dangerous as cigarette smoke, no. >> larry: did you smoke today? >> did i smoke cigarettes. >> larry: did you smoke pot today, this day? >> yeah, sure. >> larry: before you came here? >> yeah. >> larry: you have pot in you right now? >> yeah. you could arrest me. >> larry: this state. >> give me an enema test. >> larry: willie has quite a tour bus. he parked it outside the studio and gav...

I really wouldnt to say, well, i regret this or regret that because i like the way things are now. and i think if i were to say, well, i wish that was different, then it might change in some way the way things are now. >> larry: any song ever offered to you you turned down, you later regret it? >> no. i was talking the other day about the song "gambler" that kenny rogers did. i had a chance to -- >> larry: that was offered to you? >> yeah, i had a chance to do that. >> larry: why didnt you do th...

>> penalties and interest every day went up $5,000 or $10,000. so it really got up to $32 million. then they chopped it in half, and we negotiated on that. my bass player, somebody asked him if he thought i was in trouble. and he said, well, you know, they let a guitar player get into them that far, if he -- if he owed them $100,000, then hes probably in trouble. but $32 million, theyre in trouble. >> larry: thats true. in fact, whos got to worry? they do. willie generated a lot of controversy w...

Much? everybody likes willie nelson. >> i like everybody, too, you know? >> larry: you like people? >> yeah. >> larry: what about the plans for the july fourth backwards summer picnic this year. >> were having it. leon russell, ray wily hover, billy joe shaffer. i tell everybody you got to have three names to get on there. >> larry: in austin, right? >> in austin. >> larry: youre touring all summer? >> all summer. in june we go to europe and come back just in time to do the picnic. >> larry: you...

Out this tuesday. were having a great time tonight with one of the truly great american artists whos an avid golfer. can you smoke pot and golf? >> sure. >> larry: okay. >> i cant play any worse than i normally do anyway. >> larry: are you a good player? >> no. >> larry: why do you like golf so much? >> oh, i dont know. its just a place to get out and walk around outside. and thats originally the reason i started doing it. i moved down to lost valley and bandera. they had a golf course there. it...