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Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
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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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.
Merle Haggard
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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By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.
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I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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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.
Merle Haggard
I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
Merle Haggard
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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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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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
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I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid.
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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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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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The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
Merle Haggard
Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
Merle Haggard
Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell.
Merle Haggard
No, it's not love, but it's not bad.
Merle Haggard
Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
Merle Haggard
At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?
Merle Haggard
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.
Merle Haggard
My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.
Merle Haggard
