Loretta Lynn Quotes

I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.

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

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

I believe in education and wish I had a better one.

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

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!'

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

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.

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

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

No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.

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

I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

You have to be the first, best or different.

I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

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

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

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.

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.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

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.

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 refuse to be pushed around anymore.

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.

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

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.

Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

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.

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.

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.