Merle Haggard Quotes
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To be part of what you're singing about is somewhat painful. You've got to climb inside it all.
— Merle Haggard
It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.
— Merle Haggard
The guitar's not all that expensive either, when you compare it to gettin' a toothpulled or something.
— Merle Haggard
God bless Merle Haggard. He did all the things that Johnny Cash was supposed to have done.
— Lewis Grizzard
I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.
— Merle Haggard
Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood ... and I've followed it ever since.
— Laura Bell Bundy
It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land, but Jesus finally came to lead him home.
— Merle Haggard
No, I had a back injury early on in my life.
— Merle Haggard
Back when the country was strong, back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along.
— Merle Haggard
It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.
— Merle Haggard
Faith is the only way we're going to make it. None of us are smart enough to do it on our own.
— Merle Haggard
We're bar room buddies and we're the best kind, nobody messes with that friend of mine. Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lugga, bar room buddy of mine.
— Merle Haggard
The turn I made was not the one I planned. And I watched my social standing slip away from me, while I watched the bottle slowly take command.
— Merle Haggard
Hey, hey, the working man, the working man like me. I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be.
— Merle Haggard
If I hear another line dance song I think I'm going to puke.
— Merle Haggard
It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.
— Trisha Yearwood
I've got two families.
— Merle Haggard
I can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.
— Merle Haggard
I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children.
— Merle Haggard
And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.
— Merle Haggard
No, it's not love, but it's not bad.
— Merle Haggard
There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.
— Merle Haggard
By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.
— Merle Haggard
Read about some squirrelly guy who claims that he just don't believe in fighting, and I wonder how long the rest of us can count on being free.
— Merle Haggard
Guitar playing is very important to me. It's like golf to some other people; it's important to me that I play good.
— Merle Haggard
95% of the album is my writing, by choice, because it seems to be what the distributors want.
— Merle Haggard
I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
— Merle Haggard
I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.
— Merle Haggard
I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
— Merle Haggard
And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
— Warren Zevon
'Cause I was already a smoker, it was easy to get addicted. The one thing that they don't teach you about marijuana is how addictive it is.
— Merle Haggard
And then, of course, there's a couple that claim to be, but I haven't done any DNA tests or anything.
— Merle Haggard
My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.
— Merle Haggard
Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell.
— Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it.
— Merle Haggard
Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems.
— Merle Haggard
A house without love ain't a home.
— Merle Haggard
At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?
— Merle Haggard
Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.
— Merle Haggard
There's one thing I never did do, and that was stink.
— Merle Haggard
Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.
— Merle Haggard
Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast.
— Merle Haggard
Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
— Merle Haggard
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.
— David Allan Coe
Memo to Merle Haggard: Miracles really do happen. I
— Rachel Cohn
I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
— Merle Haggard