Loretta Lynn Quotes

Loretta Lynn (70)

Birth:	14th April, 1932
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Lyricist, Musician, Singer

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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 get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

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• You can’t be halfway in this business. If you don’t meet the fans, you lose all you’ve got.

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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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• Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

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• When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

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• When I’d tell people I like country music they’d get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

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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 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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• We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

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• There’s more women stars in Nashville all the time. They’re proving they can do the job the same as a man.

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• There’s always been a man telling me what to do.

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• The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

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• The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

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• Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we’re in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

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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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• Really, I don’t know what I’d do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

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• Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

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• Nobody’s perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

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