"I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today."

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Willie Nelson is an American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is a central figure in outlaw country and one of the most influential artists in country music.

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