Merle Travis Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I have known the fruits of strikes. The bitter and the sweet. Hunger and music.

My father and brothers were coal miners.

One night after playing a date, Cliffie Stone and I drove a couple of hundred miles from California looking for a motel to spend the night.

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one.