NEW YORK (AP) — Young musicians looking for longevity would be wise to follow the sensible word of Willie Nelson ... don’t know anybody who’s lived forever,” he says.

Willie Nelson is a country music icon ... So I knew that what I was doing, I could do it forever – whether I pleased everybody in Nashville, or not. Willie moved back home to Texas in 1972.

Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Fans have plenty of reasons to toast Willie Nelson on whichever day they please, but there's actually two days a year that he accepts birthday wishes! The music legend ...