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If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
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Butcher Holler
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
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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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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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I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.
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