Merle Haggard Quotes
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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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Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell.
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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
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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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Women are God's last creation. You suppose he's saying, "What should I do to follow this?" Well, it's really a head -scratcher. I think women are absolutely wonderful. I think this world is going to be governed by women.
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If I hear another line dance song I think I'm going to puke.
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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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I just follow my nose, and instead of letting someone run my affairs and probably make me wealthy within a matter of years, I've just kept the board of directors down to zero. I make all the decisions, and they can't all be right, and my lifestyle is very expensive, so that means I have to work a lot. It's the opposite side of the coin from sinking back into the recliner and becoming somebody they bury.
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Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast.
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There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.
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I think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.
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I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature.
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I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.
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I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.
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The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.
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This is America. We're proud. We're not afraid of a bunch of terrorists. But this government is all about terror alerts and scaring us at airports. We're changing the Constitution out of fear. We spend all our time looking up each other's dresses. Fear's the only issue the Republican Party has. Vote for them, or the terrorists will win. That's not what Reagan was about. I hate to think about our soldiers over in Iraq fighting for a country that's slipping away.
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Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!
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To be part of what you're singing about is somewhat painful. You've got to climb inside it all.
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Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
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I've got two families.
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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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The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
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I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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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.