A lot of people make money off of fear and negativity and any way they can feed it to you is to their benefit in a lot of ways. You can't avoid it completely; you have to be open enough that shit doesn't stick on you, it goes through, because you are gonna be hit and bombarded all the time with negativity... You just let things go on through without trying to stop them or block them.

Richards' funeral in 2006 Nelson along with his manager and his sister Bobbi were arrested in St. In 2005 Nelson and his family hosted the first annual "Willie Nelson & NORML Benefit Golf Tournament" leading to a cover appearance and inside interview in the January 2008 issue of High Times magazine. Willie & Family tours North America in the bio-diesel bus Honeysuckle Rose IV which is fueled by Bio-Willie.

It was later discovered that his accountants Price Waterhouse did not pay Nelson's taxes for years. On the environmental front Nelson owns the bio-diesel brand Willie Nelson Biodiesel which is made from vegetable oil. During this time he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky tonks.