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 HaggardRead 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.
Merle HaggardRunning down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.
Merle HaggardGuitar playing is very important to me. It's like golf to some other people; it's important to me that I play good.
Merle Haggard