Quote

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.

Loretta Lynn

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Violinist
Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
Never
Yeah
Took
Taking
Room
Rooms
Paso
Already
Owen
Start
Verses
Another
Six

More quotes by Loretta Lynn

Image
I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
Loretta Lynn
Image
We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
Loretta Lynn
Image
Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.
Loretta Lynn
Image
I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
Loretta Lynn
Image
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
Loretta Lynn
Image
Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
Loretta Lynn
Image
Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
Loretta Lynn
Image
You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
Loretta Lynn
Image
My life has run from misery to happiness.
Loretta Lynn
Image
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.
Loretta Lynn
Image
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
Loretta Lynn
Image
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.
Loretta Lynn
Image
I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
Loretta Lynn
Image
My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
Loretta Lynn
Image
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.
Loretta Lynn
Image
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.
Loretta Lynn
Image
Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
Loretta Lynn
Image
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.
Loretta Lynn
Image
You're the reason our kids are ugly.
Loretta Lynn
Image
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
Loretta Lynn