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My life has run from misery to happiness.

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
Misery
Happiness
Running
Life

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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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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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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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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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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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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
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