i don t want to know. larry: because we ve shot some scenes in your bus. does your bus go everywhere? sometimes you have to fly, right? yeah, but i always hate it. i love it when i can just stay on the bus. you know, i don t even use hotels. i stay on the bus all the time. larry: why? i have everything i need there. i got a shower. i got food. i got a couple of people in there to wait on me hand and foot so i get better service there than i get in the hotel. so why go in there? larry: are there times, though, you have to fly? yes. i don t like to fly. i don t like all the hassles. i don t like the luggage and all that stuff. larry: do they hassle you? no more than they hassle anybody else. just a hassle to get up and go there by this time, get your luggage checked in by that time, and by the time you go through all the securities and everything, it s a hassle. larry: you ve been doing music for how many years? how many years singing professionally? i got my fir
the guys? it s still fun. larry: you were outlaws, renegades. we were determined to play our music mainly the way we wanted to play our music. and that s really where the term outlaw, i think, came into it. there were certain people that didn t really want waylon to take his band in the studio, because they hadn t you know, you go in there with a small budget, nobody gets to cut up a lot of money. go in with a million dollar budget, everybody makes a little, but the music may not be that great. larry: you always felt like the money would be there, but you aren t worried. i was never worried, but it s always been there. larry: willie is famous for telling jokes. we ll see if he s got one for us, that he can tell, on a family network. stick around. i don t want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don t want you texting. daddy. ok! ok, here you go. be careful. thanks dad.
we mentioned you, the tweets came in. asking about pot smoking. basically, how much and how often? well, you know, i have changed my habits a little bit. my lungs and i smoked so much, and i would roll them and smoke them, roll them and smoke them, but i did get congestion from it. and i was wheezing. so i switched over to a vaporizer. you don t get any smoke and you don t get any heat. and for a singer or someone s lungs, it s much, much healthier. larry: it s not pot, right? oh, yeah. yeah. pot in the vaporizer, but when you you know, you puff it in, you re getting vapors, but not heat and not smoke. larry: does it have the same effect? yeah. it s even stronger, i think. larry: did you ever fear it might be harming you? well, i kind of questioned myself all the time. and i was kind of like my own
nelson and i team up for the hour. next, on larry king live. pull off the coat throw it in the car, i don t see why you don t stay a little longer larry: what a treat we have in store for you tonight. we welcome back willie nelson to larry king live. he s on the road again, literally, with the on the road again tour. and his newest album, country music, will be released next tuesday from rounder records. always good to see him. last time you did this show, you were on the phone from your tour bus. you re touring again now, right? sure. tell me about it. we play anaheim tomorrow night. we were just in vegas for a bmi convention down there and a broadcasters convention. larry: how big is the tour? oh, i don t you know, i m just starting. i don t know. just one long tour, you know. larry: they don t tell you beyond the next night? i don t want to know.