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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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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.
Merle Haggard
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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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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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We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope.
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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
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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 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.
Merle Haggard
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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 wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.
Merle Haggard -
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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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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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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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
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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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I've got two families.
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Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.
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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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I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.
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It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.
Merle Haggard
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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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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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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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I can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.
Merle Haggard