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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.
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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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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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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 don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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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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Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
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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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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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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 seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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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'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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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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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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