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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

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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Wash
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Dishes

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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 anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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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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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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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 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 want more out of life than I've gotten.
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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.
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Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over' the plate's empty.
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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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Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead.
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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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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 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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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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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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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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