Quotes About Merle Haggard

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.

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 favorites.

My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.

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

I hung out with Merle Haggard on his bus, which sort of freaks me out. It was him and his wife. We played with Merle in Oklahoma City. I'm from Arizona, and we talked about Arizona, and he remembered playing for two dollars a day down there at a bar.

If I'm listening to country, it's Hank Williams, George Jones, Merle Haggard and stuff like that. If people out there don't take that stuff seriously, well, they just haven't listened to it and don't know what they're talking about.

Michael Rooker is like the Merle Haggard of the acting world. Never a dull moment.

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.

The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.

Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote and sang their own stuff, I really admired.

I listen more to music when I'm on my computer. I'm into the latest YouTube thing. I'm a nanosecond kind of listener, but if I'm driving I would be listening to a Merle Haggard box set. It's a weird experience listening to 'Working Man Blues' by Merle Haggard and cruising around in a Porsche.

I knew Reagan was responsible for releasing Merle Haggard from San Quentin," I said. "Wasn't Haggard in prison for murder?" "Yes," I answered. "I am aware that mind control was being used in San Quentin at the time. I wonder if it was used on Haggard, or if he simply became privy to it. Personally, I know Haggard2 as a torturous abuser who openly perpetuates mind control.

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.