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There's always been a man telling me what to 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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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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Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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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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Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
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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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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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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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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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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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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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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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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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