Like most country writers and singers Willie headed for Nashville. Producers in Nashville loved his writing ability but didn't like the way he sang and performed. They wanted to change Willie and he wanted to be Willie. That is why he wrote "I guess Nashville was the roughest". Willie drank hard and used drugs and much of this song is about that and his unhappiness with his career. Like many country writers and singers, his life was his inspiration.
Like most country writers and singers Willie headed for Nashville. Producers in Nashville loved his writing ability but didn't like the way he sang and performed. They wanted to change Willie and he wanted to be Willie. That is why he wrote "I guess Nashville was the roughest". Willie drank hard and used drugs and much of this song is about that and his unhappiness with his career. Like many country writers and singers, his life was his inspiration.