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I've got two families.

Merle Haggard

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Merle Haggard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 6
Died: 2016
Died: April 6
Country Musician
Guitarist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
Families
Two

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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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It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true I was raised in a freight car.
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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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There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.
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We're turning into the society that is accepting the force-feed. I don't quite understand why we're going for the things we're going for. There's no process of elimination anymore in music. They have these grooming schools, these things, and they're turning out these clones, and the music is sounding so refined that it's not even interesting.
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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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Women are God's last creation. You suppose he's saying, What should I do to follow this? Well, it's really a head -scratcher. I think women are absolutely wonderful. I think this world is going to be governed by women.
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We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee, we don't take trips on LSD. We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street, we like living right and free.
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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
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We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope.
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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.
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I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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'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.
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No, it's not love, but it's not bad.
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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 guitar's not all that expensive either, when you compare it to gettin' a toothpulled or something.
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The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.
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I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
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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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The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
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