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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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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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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
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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 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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I came out the back of the building and I was hollering, 'I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry! I've sung on the Grand Ole Opry!'
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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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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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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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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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I want more out of life than I've gotten.
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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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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've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
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I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.
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You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
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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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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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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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Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.
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