135 Quotes by Merle Haggard

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.

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

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

Evolution is a laughing matter for anybody that's got a rational mind.

Heaven knows that alcohol is the worst thing in the world, but it's debatable whether cocaine is worse than caffeine or whether it's the same thing and they just changed the name.

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.

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

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.

Despite of all my Sunday learnin', toward the bad I kept turning.