Best Merle Haggard Quotes
- My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music. Guitar
- The thing that bothers me the most is the recklessness and greed of the local ranchers, who run too many cattle back here, choking with… Bother
- The one true friend I thought I'd found, tonight the bottle let me down. Bottle
- We're bar room buddies and we're the best kind, nobody messes with that friend of mine. Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lugga, bar room buddy of mine. Bar
- There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told. Cherries
- Despite of all my Sunday learnin', toward the bad I kept turning. All
- I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be. Alcohol
- Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast. Alcohol
- The turn I made was not the one I planned. And I watched my social standing slip away from me, while I watched the bottle… Alcohol
- 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… Alcohol
- Back when the country was strong, back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along. Along
- It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land, but Jesus finally came to lead him home. Across
- Stop rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell. Ball
- Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would. Beatles
- Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried. Better
- I'm proud to be an Oakie from Muskogee, a place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the… All
- Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it. Died
- 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… Captain
- When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So… Air
- They shaved a little piece of bone off my small toe. You see, you balance yourself a certain way and this toe had grown under… Balance
- There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not… Age
- 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… Attempt
- Sometimes if you get 'em too drunk they don't pay no attention to what you're doin' anyways, so you might as well just do old… Anyways
- Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach. Approach
- Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems. Cash