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Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

American Musician

Born: Apr 6, 1937

Died: Apr 6, 2016

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

People Money Easier Give More Feed Force Makes Than Want

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. Merle Haggard

Nature Winter Old Car Summer About Ten Had House Up Wall Grew Anything Little Warmer Inches Cooler

Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now! Merle Haggard

Time Think Everybody Ought Carlin Charge Kinda Nobody Like Well Sort George George Carlin Where Want Should Now

And then, of course, there's a couple that claim to be, but I haven't done any DNA tests or anything. Merle Haggard

Claim Couple Course Tests Any Done Anything Then

And then I have two children by Theresa, one boy 10 and one girl 13. Merle Haggard

Girl Boy Children Then Theresa Two

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. Merle Haggard

You Sometimes Old Drunk Pay Old Songs Too Some Songs Attention New Well Material Doin New Material Get Just Might Paying

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. Merle Haggard

Together Wife Everybody Those Stay Divorced Period Mess Another Got Years Friends Maybe After Then Worked Second

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. Merle Haggard

You Past Entertainers See Temple Could Periods George George Burns Been Condition Shirley Where In The Past Burns Ages Now

I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair. Merle Haggard

Love About Affair Love Affair Just Little

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. Merle Haggard

Life You Police My Life Rumor Possible Tell Record More Attempt Hour Look Than May Story Which Script Organizing Series

I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children. Merle Haggard

Family Wife First Young Got Children Four

I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature. Merle Haggard

Nature Me You Heart Old Will Before Some Give Purposes Lead Instead Talked Surgery Anybody Things Medicinal

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some. Merle Haggard

Back Some Had Feet Surgery Which Helped

HAG Records, is a company that I've owned. I've had a couple of gospel releases on it. We developed a pretty good distribution setup there and we do have something to use in case they don't want to sign us. Merle Haggard

Good Setup Release Sign Distribution Pretty Pretty Good Case Something Records Had Developed Couple Gospel Owned Want Us Use Company

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