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I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
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Butcher Holler
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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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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 never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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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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I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
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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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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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Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.
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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 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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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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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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I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
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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 don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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