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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.

    Careers   Stage   Feels  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.12, Vintage
  • I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

    Thinking   Usa   Sound  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.1, Vintage
  • The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

    Night   Daddy   Married  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, Vintage
  • You're the reason our kids are ugly.

    Friendship   Kids   Ugly  
    Song: You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
  • 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.

    Teacher   Jobs   Book  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.117, Vintage
  • 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.

    Country   Eye   Hands  
  • I want more out of life than I've gotten.

    Want  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.194, Vintage
  • 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.

    Pace   Trade   Know Me  
  • When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

    Song   Writing   Feelings  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.9, Vintage
  • 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.

    Rooms   Six   Said  
  • Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

    Twitter post from Aug 25, 2010
  • I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

    Country   Years   Firsts  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.10, Vintage
  • If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!

    Asks   Ifs  
  • I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

    People  
  • 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.

    Believe   Mean   People  
  • You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

    Loretta Lynn, George Vecsey (1990). “Coal miner's daughter”, Signal Hill Publications
  • Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.194, Vintage
  • Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.12, Vintage
  • 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.

    Sad   Running   Pie  
  • You either have to be first, best, or different.

  • I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

    Thinking   Proud   Way  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, Vintage
  • A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.

  • I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

    Fans   Helping   Bigs  
  • How do you measure your value?

    Values  
  • You have to be the first, best or different.

  • 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.

    Country   Dirty   Naughty  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.10, Vintage
  • I believe in education and wish I had a better one.

    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.194, Vintage
  • I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

    Hippie   People   Vietnam  
    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.174, Vintage
  • You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.43, Vintage
  • I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

    Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.9, Vintage
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    Loretta Lynn

    • Born: April 14, 1932
    • Occupation: Singer-songwriter