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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

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
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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 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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I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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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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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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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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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 don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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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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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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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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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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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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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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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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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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