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Loretta Lynn Quotes About Music

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

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.

A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.

I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

Loretta Lynn Quotes About Time

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

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

I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

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.

More Quotes by Loretta Lynn

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

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

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.

I believe in education and wish I had a better one.

I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

I want more out of life than I've gotten.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

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.

I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

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

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