There's two or three kids out there trying to make good music, and the rest of them sound like it's been strained through some kind of white toast or something. It all sounds just too neat and perfect, with no surprise to it at all. No story, no nothing. It's like building cars, like an assembly line. It doesn't sound like anything that came from a guitar.
Merle HaggardI can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.
Merle HaggardMy 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.
Merle HaggardThere'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