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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.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
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Butcher Holler
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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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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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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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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 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.
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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 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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