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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
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Singer-Songwriter
Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
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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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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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Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
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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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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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Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell.
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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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