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I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.

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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I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
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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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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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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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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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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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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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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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Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.
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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.
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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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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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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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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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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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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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I want more out of life than I've gotten.
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I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
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