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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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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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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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Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.
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Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
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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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Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.
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