Quotes from Merle Haggard

Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.

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.

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

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.

Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems.

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

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