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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
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Swimming
Hungry
Supposed
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I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
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Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
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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 been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for 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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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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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 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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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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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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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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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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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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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'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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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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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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