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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

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
Feelings
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Something
Bothering
Bother
Tells
Song
Write

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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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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 refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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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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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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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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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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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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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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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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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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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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