Merle Quotes

20 quotes by 18 authors

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 the songs that… — Dolly Parton
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in… — Warren Zevon
In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it, people just didn't… — Andy Wilkinson
...you think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for Merle Haggard &… — Brad Paisley
I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old… — Tanya Tucker
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination — David Allan Coe
I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and… — Dominic Chianese
I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley. So… — Jake Owen
It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound… — Trisha Yearwood
The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips,… — Randy Owen
I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash. — Iris DeMent
I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just… — Jewel
And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard. — Warren Zevon
When I left Merle was wearing a bungalow apron and rolling pie crust. She came to the door wiping her hands on the apron and… — Raymond Chandler
Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, I got on my knees and told her that I was going to marry her some day. We were… — Johnny Cash
I listen to Lil Wayne, and then I listen to Merle Haggard. — Tyler Farr
My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis. — Alvin Lee
Ain't afraid to eat fried chicken and dirty dance to Merle. — Gretchen Wilson
Its hard to look good if you spent most of your life acting ugly! — Merle Rutledge Jr
We can get what they are willing to give you or you can take back what they have been keeping from you. The choice is… — Merle Rutledge Jr

Who Wrote These Merle Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 20 Merle Quotes as follows: