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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.

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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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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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
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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 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 know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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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 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 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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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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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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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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I want more out of life than I've gotten.
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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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