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Merle Haggard
April 6, 1937 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

And then, of course, there's a couple that claim to be, but I haven't done any DNA tests or anything.

   

I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature.

   

When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.

   

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.

   

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.

   

I've got two families.

   

95% of the album is my writing, by choice, because it seems to be what the distributors want.

   

The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.

   

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

   

It makes my wife mad, you know, she wants me to stay home all the time. But its what I've done all my life and I think when I quit doing it I'll probably go away pretty quick.

   

There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when you look at my police record, you'd have to have more than one hour to tell the story.

   

Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.

   

My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.

   

I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children.

   

And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.

   

Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!

   

When you get to readin' about where the music and John Steinbeck and all those people like that come from, the further you go the more interesting it becomes.

   

It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.

   

HAG Records, is a company that I've owned. I've had a couple of gospel releases on it. We developed a pretty good distribution setup there and we do have something to use in case they don't want to sign us.

   

And then I have two children by Theresa, one boy 10 and one girl 13.

   

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