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

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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Cities
Talking
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My mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures to decide on a name for me. Claudette Colbert's picture was up there and so was Loretta Young's. She decided Loretta was the prettiest name, so I was named after her.
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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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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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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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I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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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 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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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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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 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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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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