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Loretta Lynn quotes: The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.

There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.

Loretta Lynn quotes: If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!

If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Liquore just don't mix with love.

Liquore just don't mix with love.

Loretta Lynn quotes: There's always been a man telling me what to do.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.

I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.

Loretta Lynn quotes: I came out the back of the building and I was hollering, 'I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry! I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry!'

I came out the back of the building and I was hollering, 'I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry! I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry!'

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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 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.

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

Loretta Lynn quotes: Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

Loretta Lynn quotes: I want more out of life than I've gotten.

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

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: You have to be different, great or first.

You have to be different, great or first.

Loretta Lynn quotes: I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: You have to be first, different, or great. If you're one of them, you may make it.

You have to be first, different, or great. If you're one of them, you may make it.

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

Loretta Lynn quotes: I think I reach people because I'm with them, not apart from them.

I think I reach people because I'm with them, not apart from them.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: How do you measure your value?

How do you measure your value?

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: You either have to be first, best, or different.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?

Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?

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

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: I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: You're the reason our kids are ugly.

You're the reason our kids are ugly.

Loretta Lynn quotes: You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

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

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

Loretta Lynn quotes: You have to be the first, best or different.

You have to be the first, best or different.

Loretta Lynn quotes: I believe in education and wish I had a better one.

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: My life has run from misery to happiness.

My life has run from misery to happiness.

Loretta Lynn quotes: I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.

I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.

Loretta Lynn quotes: Well, shoot, I don't believe in double standards, where men can get away with things that women can't. In God's eyes, there's no double standard.

Well, shoot, I don't believe in double standards, where men can get away with things that women can't. In God's eyes, there's no double standard.

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.

Loretta Lynn quotes: 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.

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.