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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
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Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
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Two
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In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.
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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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I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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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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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
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I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
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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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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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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.
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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 probably wouldn't even be here now if it weren't for chiropractic
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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.
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By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.
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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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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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Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
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I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
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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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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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