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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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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Violinist
Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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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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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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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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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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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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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 mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures to decide on a name for me. Claudette Colbert's picture was up there and so was Loretta Young's. She decided Loretta was the prettiest name, so I was named after her.
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I want more out of life than I've gotten.
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