Willie: Yeah. To make a livelihood and live free and buy and be what you want. You don’t have to be a millionaire, just an average person being able to save money, but nowadays, you can’t hardly save money because of the price of living. Cost of living is outrageous now. But I had a good life, because I worked hard and didn’t take any government handouts. Raised three kids with my wife of fifty-two years. All of them been through college, and you can’t ask for more than that.
Me: What do you tell the young kids?
Willie: I tell them that the way in life is to listen to your parents, and take care of your family if they need help, you help them, but if they get out of hand, you gotta cut them off. You can’t keep helping someone if they abusing themselves and your help. I’ve had some cousins who abused drugs, abused the law, and I cut them off because they proved they won’t learn, and I won’t let them drag me and my family down.