Loretta Lynn Quotes
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Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.
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I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.
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You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.
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I want more out of life than I've gotten.
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Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead.
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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.
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Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
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I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
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I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.
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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
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Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over' the plate's empty.
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You either have to be first, best, or different.
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I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
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A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.
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I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.
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How do you measure your value?
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You have to be the first, best or different.
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When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.
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I believe in education and wish I had a better one.
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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
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I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
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