Merle Haggard. What a freaking name!
Is there any more country-sounding name on earth? If the artist didn’t become a country musician, what else could he have become? It was fated from the very beginning.
Well, thank goodness for us, Haggard did become the Country Outlaw we know and love today through songs like “Mama Tried,” “Okie from Muskogee” and “Pancho and Lefty.”
But what did the prolific player have to say about life and the world outside of his songs and expert lyrics? What did he think about love, the craft of music, and his sense of happiness? That’s exactly what we’ll dive into here through this inquiry.
So, let’s do just that, shall we? Here are the best 15 Merle Haggard Quotes.
