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No, it's not love, but it's not bad.

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
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Love

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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'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.
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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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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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We are under [government's] control, and if people don't realize that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't thought about it.
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Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
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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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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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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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It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true I was raised in a freight car.
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I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
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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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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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I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
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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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Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
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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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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
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