Merle Haggard Quotes & Sayings

“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 songs. But if you get one that's paying attention, sometimes we'll do some new material.”

“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.”

“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.”

“'Cause I was already a smoker, it was easy to get addicted. The one thing that they don't teach you about marijuana is how addictive it is.”

“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.”

“And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.”

“It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.”

“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.”

“I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children.”

“At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?”