Best 66 quotes of Loretta Lynn on MyQuotes

Loretta Lynn

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    My life has run from misery to happiness.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

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

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.

  • By Anonym
    Loretta Lynn

    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.