Merle Haggard Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• There's just a few people that call themselves stars can actually sit down with a guitar and sing you a song.

  Merle Haggard

  Song, Stars, Guitar

• Read 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 Haggard

  Song, Believe, Fighting

• If I hear another line dance song I think I'm going to puke.

  Merle Haggard

  Song, Thinking, Lines

  Interview with Joel Selvin, www.sfgate.com. April 9, 1995.

• I 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 Haggard

  Song, Creativity, Thinking

• I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make sense against your title.' He showed me little methods of proving to yourself whether the line belongs, and ways of finding out whether you were able to get more out of a line if you tried.

  Merle Haggard

  Song, Thinking, Littles

• Sometimes if you get 'em too drunk they don't pay no attention to what you're doin' anyways, so you might as well just do old songs. But if you get one that's paying attention, sometimes we'll do some new material.

  Merle Haggard

  Song, Drunk, Attention

• It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.

  Merle Haggard

  Song, Car, Sound

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