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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
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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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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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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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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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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've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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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'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
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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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