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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 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 want more out of life than I've gotten.
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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 avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
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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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You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
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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!'
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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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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.
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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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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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.
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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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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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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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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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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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