Loretta Lynn Quotes
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I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
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All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.
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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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Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
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I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.
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I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
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I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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She was my closest friend. She was the one person, other than my husband, I could turn to in a crisis. There was a lot of resentment when I first came to town. But Patsy was strong-willed and always taking up for me. If it hadn't been for her, I don't think I would have lasted.
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I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.
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I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
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I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
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I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
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Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
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It's important that you take care of yourself and blow off steam in the right way. Don't let some woman walk in and say, "hey, goodbye!" and take your man. Kill her if you can! I'm only kidding.
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I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
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I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.
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If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.
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Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.
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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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My life has run from misery to happiness.