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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
Upstream

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I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.
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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've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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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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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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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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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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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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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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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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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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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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