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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'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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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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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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Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
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I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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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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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
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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 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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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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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 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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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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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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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.
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