Loretta Lynn Quotes
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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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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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Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
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I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.
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Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.
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I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
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Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.
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We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.
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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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I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.
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No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.
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I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
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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 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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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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Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
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If I found out some gal was trying to steal my guy, I'd want to give her a black eye! Instead, I wrote this song. At the time I was writing each song [on this album], you could figure out the frame of mind I was in by listening closely. With every song I've ever recorded, I'm in it. I wouldn't write about it if I wasn't in it.
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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.
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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 know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.