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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 6
Died: 2016
Died: April 6
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Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
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If I had a choice, and there was a Y in the road, I would always take the one that was more fun as opposed to the one that might make me more money.
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By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.
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At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?
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The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
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When you get to readin' about where the music and John Steinbeck and all those people like that come from, the further you go the more interesting it becomes.
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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.
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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 been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.
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I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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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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Heaven knows that alcohol is the worst thing in the world, but it's debatable whether cocaine is worse than caffeine or whether it's the same thing and they just changed the name.
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It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land, but Jesus finally came to lead him home.
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HAG Records, is a company that I've owned. I've had a couple of gospel releases on it. We developed a pretty good distribution setup there and we do have something to use in case they don't want to sign us.
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And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.
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Keep your opinions to yourself. I think it's important that I stay neutral on politics and remain hard to understand. I don't want to be pigeonholed as conservative, liberal, independent or anything. I back the man for the things the man believes in, not whether it says R or D down there beside his name.
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My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.
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The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.
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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.
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I'm proud to be an Oakie from Muskogee, a place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse and white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all.
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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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