Loretta Lynn Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liquore just don't mix with love.

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

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

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!'

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

You have to be different, great or first.

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

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

My life has run from misery to happiness.

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

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

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

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

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

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.

You're the reason our kids are ugly.

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

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

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

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

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

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

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

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

You have to be the first, best or different.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

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

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

How do you measure your value?

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

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

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.

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