135 Quotes by Merle Haggard

There’s one thing I never did do, and that was stink.

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.

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.

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

We’re bar room buddies and we’re the best kind, nobody messes with that friend of mine. Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lugga, bar room buddy of mine.

I’m proud to be an Oakie from Muskogee, a place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse and white lightning’s still the biggest thrill of all.

The one true friend I thought I’d found, tonight the bottle let me down.

It makes my wife mad, you know, she wants me to stay home all the time. But its what I’ve done all my life and I think when I quit doing it I’ll probably go away pretty quick.

We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee, we don’t take trips on LSD. We don’t burn our draft cards down on Main Street, we like living right and free.