Loretta Lynn Quotes
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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 get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
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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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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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A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.
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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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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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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 attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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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'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
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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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I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
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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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You have to be first, different, or great. If you're one of them, you may make it.
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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 believe in education and wish I had a better one.
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I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
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There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.