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I want more out of life than I've gotten.

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
Life
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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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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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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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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've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.
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You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
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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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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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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 anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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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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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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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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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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