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.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

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.