I can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.
Merle HaggardThere's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.
Merle HaggardMy 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.
Merle HaggardI've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make use of that gift. It's very important that you don't let the muscle get flabby. It's really hard, as an old human being, to press as much weight as you pressed when you were a kid.
Merle HaggardIn my life there were a lot of situations where I could have been killed or some officer might have been killed chasing me, a lot of things could be different. Now, you know that's experience you can't buy. And it's there in my rearview mirror and I can refer to it in my writing. I have the experience to talk about things some people only imagine.
Merle Haggard