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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
Country Musician
Guitarist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
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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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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
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I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
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I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
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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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Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
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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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And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.
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The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
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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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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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Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell.
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It makes my wife mad, you know, she wants me to stay home all the time. But its what I've done all my life and I think when I quit doing it I'll probably go away pretty quick.
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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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I've got two families.
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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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At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?
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Guitar playing is very important to me. It's like golf to some other people it's important to me that I play good.
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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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When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.
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