Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die, Musings From The Road (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
This book is absolutely fantastic. I don't know if Kinky Freedman is a genius stoner translator, or if all this was actually taken right from Willie himself. In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road Willie takes you through the journey of him, how he became who he is today and the struggles of being an aspiring song writer/singer. We're first introduced to Willie by this statement from Kinky Freedman,(co-writer) "I don't know how true all these stories are because the first time I met Willie, he was smoking a joint the size of a kosher sausage," (xii) which sets the stage for the whole book, live your life and do what you want, because at the end of the day that's all that matters. We all know the legend of Willie Nelson, the great song writer and the great singer, but what we don't hear about too often is how good of a person he is. You know someone is a great person when, no matter who they are around, they make that person better. And that's exactly what Willie does. In the chapters he tells us about his life, not one story is sad, and that to me is unbelievable. But in the opposite sense, his stories are so, not far out there, but you just know he couldn't be making it up.If you are looking for an uplifting, spirited book, this is exactly that. It is also very educational, I learned to take nothing for granted, I also learned a lot about myself. I know anyone reading this probably doesn't care what I learned about myself, but frankly I don't care and I'm going to write about it anyways.1) I learned that I am a lying, stupid teenager just trying to get out of this god-forsaking pile of shit we call SFHS.2) I also learned that I don't care what anyone has to say about me at all, and if you don't like that, piss off. 3) The biggest thing I took out of this book was that I learned how to tell my real friends from my fake friends, and learned how to tell who cares about you and who doesn't.#3 is the one that everybody should learn from this book. Because of #3, I've come to the realization that the teachers at our school, don't care about us at all. If someone has to be paid to help you, they don't care about you at all. I've also come to realize that people are shallow as fuck. And it sucks. People will be your friend when you need them, then ignore you like you never existed once you need a favor in return. When it comes down to it, I want everyone to read this book. It's not just about smoking pot, actually marijuana is a very small fraction of this book. This book is truly about finding yourself and loving who you are. I don't believe I know anyone who doesn't like Willie Nelson, so probably lots of people will like this short collection of Willie's musings. He has concise comments about everything from Occupied Wall Street to the fine art of farting. He writes lovingly about his family and friends, and offers his list of the best pickers in the universe.This little book was a nice diversion. I liked it.
What do You think about Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die, Musings From The Road (2000)?
My grandmother loved this man. I read this one for her. What a character. I loved the jokes.
—cashmoney
Strange book to read. I found it somewhat disjointed. Not like Willie's other books.
—tara
Interesting vignettes and philosophy from the life of Willie.
—yanitsab
not a bad book, but definitely had a lot of filler in it.
—Simran
