Quotes from Merle Haggard

'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.

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 we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.

And then I have two children by Theresa, one boy 10 and one girl 13.

By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.

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 the other ones. So he cut it loose, where I could balance myself and it makes me walk straight.

A house without love ain't a home.

I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.

No, it's not love, but it's not bad.

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.

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.

No, I had a back injury early on in my life.

Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!

Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.

Back when the country was strong, back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along.

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

Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.

Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast.

Hey, hey, the working man, the working man like me. I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be.

Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.

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 the condition now.

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.

Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.

My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those.

Faith is the only way we're going to make it. None of us are smart enough to do it on our own.