Merle Haggard Never Planned to Sing — Life Simply Gave Him No Other Road. He wasn’t chasing fame. He wasn’t dreaming of the spotlight. But somewhere between the cold walls of San Quentin and the sunburned fields of California, Merle Haggard discovered something he couldn’t run from—his voice. It was rough, honest, and heartbreakingly real. In this rare, soul-baring interview, Haggard opens up about the road that turned a runaway kid into the voice of America’s working class. What made a man who didn’t want to sing become one of country music’s truest storytellers? The answer isn’t found in glory—it’s found in his life.
Introduction: Few artists in the history of American music have captured the soul of a struggling nation like Merle Haggard.…