"Merle Haggard : Country's badass legend on smoking pot, surviving prison, and missing Johnny Cash"
September 2015 · Vol. 24, Iss. 7, pg. 106 · by: Sean Woods
Mojo (GB)
"'Respect!': Merle Haggard - Hero: Willie Nelson"
March 2002 · Iss. 100, pg. 78
Spin (US)
"Long gone train: Merle Haggard's gone from hopping freights and serving time to being country music's strongest and truest voice. He's never looked back. But he's never forgotten...."