Matthew McConaughey‘s love for Willie Nelson runs deeper than viral Instagram duets and shared tour buses. In a new Rolling Stone video series, “My Life in 10 Songs,” McConaughey named one of Nelson’s deep cuts as a track that changed his life.
The song, “I’d Have to Be Crazy,” was written by Texas songwriter Steven Fromholz and recorded by Nelson for his 1976 album ‘The Sound in Your Mind.’ Released as a single that July, it climbed to No. 11 on Billboard’s country chart.
McConaughey called it anything but a typical love song. “The love of somebody that you have is something you can rely on,” he said, describing the track’s message about staying anchored to someone even when life feels chaotic. He pointed to the song’s closing line as proof of that devotion: even at his most “crazy,” the narrator can’t fall out of love.
Nelson’s tune landed alongside some far bigger commercial hits on McConaughey’s list. Tears for Fears’ “Shout” and Paul Simon’s chart-topping “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” both made the cut, alongside John Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” and Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes.”
The rest of the list leaned into deeper cuts with even bigger stories attached. Ali Farka Touré’s “Ai Du” sent McConaughey on an unplanned trip up Mali’s Niger River hunting for the bluesman who wrote it, a journey he now calls one of the most important of his life. U2’s “Silver and Gold” carried him through a lonely exchange-student year in Australia, while AC/DC’s “Beating Around the Bush” traces back to late-night driveway jam sessions with his older brother. Reggae artist Mishka’s “Lonely” and The Cult’s “Lil’ Devil” rounded out the picks, with the Mishka connection eventually leading McConaughey to launch a record label with the singer years after first hearing him on vacation.
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