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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.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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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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It's important that you take care of yourself and blow off steam in the right way. Don't let some woman walk in and say, hey, goodbye! and take your man. Kill her if you can! I'm only kidding.
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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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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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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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