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I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature.
Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 6
Died: 2016
Died: April 6
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Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
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It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true I was raised in a freight car.
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Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
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Sometimes if you get 'em too drunk they don't pay no attention to what you're doin' anyways, so you might as well just do old songs. But if you get one that's paying attention, sometimes we'll do some new material.
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There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when you look at my police record, you'd have to have more than one hour to tell the story.
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Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.
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Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell.
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Guitar playing is very important to me. It's like golf to some other people it's important to me that I play good.
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I probably wouldn't even be here now if it weren't for chiropractic
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