I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.
Merle HaggardThere's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.
Merle HaggardI think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.
Merle HaggardWe are under [government's] control, and if people don't realize that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't thought about it.
Merle HaggardThere are so many conditions to programming in America, where it's dominated by these people that own 800 radio stations that have no idea who to play and who not to play, and they listen to somebody or read somebody else's programming sheet and go by Buck Owens' opinion or something. Eight hundred stations are controlled by some guy that doesn't have a clue as to what to do about music.
Merle Haggard