Merle Haggard Quotes

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Everybody's had the blues sometimes
And everybody knows the tune
And everybody knows the way I'm feelin'
Cause everybody's had the blues.

Merle Haggard

They got laws for the white man and laws for the black man — we all know that.

Merle Haggard

We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

Merle Haggard

One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
Despite all the Sunday learning
Towards the bad I kept on turning
Til Mama couldn't hold me anymore.

Merle Haggard

Songs, I think, are more important than human beings. They really are. They live on forever.

Merle Haggard

Lefty Frizzell said you don't have to experience everything to sing about it. But you've got to believe it.

Merle Haggard

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

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Born: April 6, 1937

Died: April 6, 2016 (aged 79)

Bio: Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country and Western songwriter, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist.

Known for:

That's the Way Love Goes (1983)
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (1967)
16 Biggest Hits (1998)
If I Could Only Fly (2000)
Down Every Road 1962–1994 (1996)

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