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title: "30 Merle Haggard Quotes by 28 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Merle Haggard quotes by 28 authors. Discover the best Merle Haggard sayings and thoughts."
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> [I listen to Lil Wayne, and then I listen to Merle Haggard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-farr/i-listen-to-lil-wayne-and-then-i-listen-to-merle-haggard/)

[Tyler Farr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-farr/)

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> [“Memo to Merle Haggard: Miracles really do happen. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/memo-to-merle-haggard-miracles-really-do-happen-i/)

[Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/)

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> [Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/willie-nelson-marty-robbins-merle-haggard-and-keith-whitley-guys-like/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

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> [Michael Rooker is like the Merle Haggard of the acting world. Never a dull moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-sullivan/michael-rooker-is-like-the-merle-haggard-of-the-acting-world-never-a/)

[Chris Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-sullivan/)

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> [I'm a lover of old traditional country - George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Marty Roberts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-van-zant/i-m-a-lover-of-old-traditional-country-george-jones-merle-haggard/)

[Johnny Van Zant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-van-zant/)

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> [And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/and-i-think-it-s-safe-to-say-that-the-single-very-impressive-figure/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

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> [If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-allan-coe/if-there-ever-was-a-poet-for-the-working-class-billy-joe-shaver-and/)

[David Allan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-allan-coe/)

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> [God bless Merle Haggard. He did all the things that Johnny Cash was supposed to have done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-grizzard/god-bless-merle-haggard-he-did-all-the-things-that-johnny-cash-was/)

[Lewis Grizzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-grizzard/)

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> [Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams...all of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times...they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolly-parton/bob-dylan-neil-young-merle-haggard-hank-williams-all-of-them-are/)

[Dolly Parton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolly-parton/)

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> [I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-dement/i-was-mainly-influenced-by-the-carter-family-jimmie-rodgers-loretta/)

[Iris DeMent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-dement/)

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> [Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bell-bundy/around-14-i-was-turned-on-to-shania-reba-merle-haggard-garth-brooks/)

[Laura Bell Bundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bell-bundy/)

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> [It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trisha-yearwood/it-s-cool-when-your-husband-starts-to-sing-some-old-merle-haggard/)

[Trisha Yearwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trisha-yearwood/)

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> [There's just enough drinking and cheating songs around without me adding to them. Unless you've got something better than "Misery and Gin"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-watson/there-s-just-enough-drinking-and-cheating-songs-around-without-me/)

[Aaron Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-watson/)

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> [Merle Haggard once said, 'I'm really mad at Glen Campbell because he's the most talented human being in the world.' That kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-stuart/merle-haggard-once-said-i-m-really-mad-at-glen-campbell-because-he-s/)

[Marty Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-stuart/)

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> [My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tuned in to country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/my-music-comes-from-country-music-merle-haggard-is-god-and-i-do/)

[Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/)

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> [I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-tucker/i-really-like-alan-jackson-in-country-music-i-think-he-s-really-very/)

[Tanya Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-tucker/)

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> [I think my brand of country music is that's been influenced by not just the rough-stock rodeo side or Ted Nugent's "let's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-think-my-brand-of-country-music-is-that-s-been-influenced-by-not/)

[Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/)

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> [I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-try-to-write-like-the-writers-i-admire-i-rip-them-off-in-form-it/)

[Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/)

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> [I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jewel/i-ve-had-mentors-who-were-kind-of-the-troubadour-singer-songwriters/)

[Jewel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jewel/)

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> [I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-owen/i-had-always-loved-music-i-grew-up-listening-to-classic-country/)

[Jake Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-owen/)

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> [“I continued toward Atlanta with a Merle Haggard C.D. playing on the stereo. They weren't great hosts, but those guys in The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcclellan/i-continued-toward-atlanta-with-a-merle-haggard-c-d-playing-on-the/)

[Ian McClellan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcclellan/)

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> [...you think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/you-think-back-to-tele-players-and-james-burton-was-the-one-who/)

[Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/)

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> [The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-owen/the-bowery-was-a-place-that-would-let-us-do-original-songs-not-just/)

[Randy Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-owen/)

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> [The records in the house I really remember were, well, Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Galveston.' Even as a kid, I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-urban/the-records-in-the-house-i-really-remember-were-well-glen-campbell-s/)

[Keith Urban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-urban/)

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> [But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-zevon/but-there-s-a-thin-line-between-songwriting-and-arranging-recording/)

[Warren Zevon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-zevon/)

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> [“So, who are they really, these hundred thousand white supremacists? They're every white guy who believed that this land was his land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-kimmel/so-who-are-they-really-these-hundred-thousand-white-supremacists-they/)

[Michael S. Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-kimmel/)

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> [Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-demarcus/some-of-my-biggest-commercial-musical-influences-would-be-people-like/)

[Jay DeMarcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-demarcus/)

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> [I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elvis-costello/i-just-got-into-it-like-a-lot-of-people-through-the-rock-n-roll-bands/)

[Elvis Costello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elvis-costello/)

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> [If I'm listening to country, it's Hank Williams, George Jones, Merle Haggard and stuff like that. If people out there don't take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-osborne/if-i-m-listening-to-country-it-s-hank-williams-george-jones-merle/)

[Buzz Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-osborne/)

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> [I listen more to music when I'm on my computer. I'm into the latest YouTube thing. I'm a nanosecond kind of listener,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mccoy/i-listen-more-to-music-when-i-m-on-my-computer-i-m-into-the-latest/)

[Jason McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mccoy/)

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                        "text": "“So, who are they really, these hundred thousand white supremacists? They're every white guy who believed that this land was his land, made for you and me. They're every down-on-his-luck guy who just wanted to live a decent life but got stepped on, every character in a Bruce Springsteen or Merle Haggard song, every cop, soldier, auto mechanic, steelworker, and construction worker in America's small towns who can't make ends meet and wonders why everyone else is getting a break except him. But instead of becoming Tom Joad, a left-leaning populist, they take a hard right turn, ultimately supporting the very people who have dispossessed them. They're America's Everymen, whose pain at downward mobility and whose anger at what they see as an indifferent government have become twisted by a hate that tells them they are better than others, disfigured by a resentment so deep that there are no more bridges to be built, no more ladders of upward mobility to be climbed, a howl of pain mangled into the scream of a warrior. Their rage is as sad as it is frightening, as impotent as it is shrill.”",
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