Merle Haggard Quotes
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It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.
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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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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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The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down.
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I think we have to have capital punishment, I think there has to be something to contain certain people. Those deterrents I think are necessary, especially in prison. You can threaten people for just so long, but they can flip you off and do what they want to; but not if they have to die. I hate it, though, the thought of the death penalty is terrible, but it's completely necessary.
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In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.
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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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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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At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?
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I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children.
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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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HAG Records, is a company that I've owned. I've had a couple of gospel releases on it. We developed a pretty good distribution setup there and we do have something to use in case they don't want to sign us.
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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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I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.
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There's one thing I never did do, and that was stink.
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I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.
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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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Faith is the only way we're going to make it. None of us are smart enough to do it on our own.
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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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Back when the country was strong, back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along.
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Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.
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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.
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Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.
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There's just a few people that call themselves stars can actually sit down with a guitar and sing you a song.
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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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I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid.
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It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.
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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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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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No, it's not love, but it's not bad.
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