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

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Violinist
Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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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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When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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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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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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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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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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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.
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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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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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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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