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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.

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
Hungry
Supposed
Upstream
Spawn
Salmon
Swimming

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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.
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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've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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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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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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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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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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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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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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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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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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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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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