--- product_id: 28168232 title: "It's a Long Story: My Life" price: "£17.43" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/28168232-its-a-long-story-my-life store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # It's a Long Story: My Life **Price:** £17.43 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** It's a Long Story: My Life - **How much does it cost?** £17.43 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/28168232-its-a-long-story-my-life) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description It's a Long Story: My Life [Nelson, Willie, Ritz, David] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. It's a Long Story: My Life Review: Very Entertaining Stories - I really enjoyed this book and learned so much about Willie Nelson. He is very good at telling stories and has a long full life full of great stories to tell. Highly recommend. Review: Willie’s story - Interesting story of a country music icon. You can almost hear Willie telling the story. Enjoyed the book very much. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #28,599 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Country & Folk Composer Biographies #7 in Country Music (Books) #151 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (6,752) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | Reprint | | ISBN-10 | 0316403547 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0316403542 | | Item Weight | 12.8 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 416 pages | | Publication date | May 17, 2016 | | Publisher | Back Bay Books | ## Images ![It's a Long Story: My Life - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91WOFdawEAL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Entertaining Stories *by P***E on December 31, 2025* I really enjoyed this book and learned so much about Willie Nelson. He is very good at telling stories and has a long full life full of great stories to tell. Highly recommend. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Willie’s story *by W***. on December 2, 2025* Interesting story of a country music icon. You can almost hear Willie telling the story. Enjoyed the book very much. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Journey Never Ends *by P***B on May 6, 2015* 'Night Life, 'Crazy' and 'Hello Walls, three of Willie Nelson's most wonderful and long lasting songs were almost sold for five dollars a piece. Willie was down on his luck, looking for work, and needed money. Thankfully, the man he wanted to sell them to, would not buy them,but offered him an opportunity to move on. This is but one little bit of info we learn about this wonderful, musical man. From a young age Willie had the music in him. Brought up by his grandparents in the little Texas town they lived in, he and his sister had a wonderful childhood. Not much money but love, hard work, and perseverance. Willie was always active, an athlete, loved the music he learned from Church, but when he was offered money to play honky tonk in a bar, he took it. Eight dollars a night, more than he made in a week picking cotton. He moved around a lot, every small and large town in Texas, Oregon, California, and then he traveled to Nashville where his life turned around. Willie makes it clear that family and friends come first. However, Willie was a ladie's man, and was out every evening playing his music. With three marriages behind him and several children, Willie admits he cheated, many times. He liked to drink, smoke pot, and play his music, but he loves his family, dearly. We hear all the stories, the people he met who helped him on his way from birth to this present day. He is now 82, still going strong, loves his ranch in Abbott, Texas, and that is where his journey begins and ends. He talks about his problems with the IRS and the multi millions he ended up owing. He glosses over his financial manager who he said extended the IRS claims. Willie refused to declare bankruptcy, and worked for years to pay off his debt. Willie is good to everyone, and it seems whatever came in went to those he knew. Lessons learned, however, and his money is now looked after very carefully. Willie gives his love of pot several chapters. He no longer smokes it, but he does inhale it. We hear of the times he has been picked up in his traveling bus. One thing Willie was adamant about, no hard drugs in his brand, none. He had a friend who liked cocaine, but that was his business. We hear about and meet all the musicians he played with, famous and not so. He has known them all, played with most of them, gone to the White House several times, and met the famous and infamous. One interesting point is that Willie does not remember several stories in the book. David Ritz, his co writer may have put the book together after hearing Willie talk about his life, and Willie may not have read the book of his life. No matter this is a rollicking, good read by a musician and song writer extraordinaire. To hear his music is to love him. 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