Merle Haggard

“I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.”

“It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.”

“At my age, I don't buy but a half a loaf of bread, you know?”

“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.”

“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.”

“Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.”

“I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.”

“When you get to readin' about where the music and John Steinbeck and all those people like that come from, the further you go the more interesting it becomes.”

“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.”

“I haven't had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery.”

“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.”

“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!”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“No, I had a back injury early on in my life.”

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

“The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.”

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