135 Quotes by Merle Haggard

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.

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

I think I’m most proud of my family right now. I’m more into that then I’ve ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.

I haven’t had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery.

I’ve got two families.

Read about some squirrelly guy who claims that he just don’t believe in fighting, and I wonder how long the rest of us can count on being free.

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.

And there’s some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.

95% of the album is my writing, by choice, because it seems to be what the distributors want.