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

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
Pregnancy
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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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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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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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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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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 think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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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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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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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I want more out of life than I've gotten.
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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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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Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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