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.
A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.
All of us kids had a starvation for candy. Oh, we'd eat anything with sugar in it. We never had ice cream.
Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.
Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.
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.
Brenda changed her name to Crystal Gayle and is making it on her own. You've got to go on your own sooner or later.
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.
Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.
Doolittle got shipped to Europe for the last part of the war.
Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.
Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.
How do you measure your value?
I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
I believe in education and wish I had a better one.
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 bought my first stage outfit when I was making five dollars a night at Bill's Tavern in Washington State.
I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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.
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
I guess nobody's gonna make me an offer to dance in the ballet.
I had just come to Nashville, and my first record had hit number one on the charts.
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 know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.
I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
I think it's about time people were more respectful of each other.
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.
I want more out of life than I've gotten.
I was 21 years old and taking care of four kids and didn't have much time or money.
I was given up to die when I was a baby. I came close to drowning a few years ago.
I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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.
I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
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'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
I'm still unhappy because we didn't get a national television show.
I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.
I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.
I've had chest surgery and blood poisoning and, sometimes, I pass out on stage from migraine headaches.
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.
It helps to know the facts of life when you do get married. But nowadays I don't want to go telling people how to live their lives.
It's about time for honest people to start running this country. I'm waiting for a politician who will help the people.
Me and my cousin Marie Castle were closer than sisters.
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
My life has run from misery to happiness.
Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.
Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
Sex didn't mean that much to me for a long time. I think I picked up the old woman's attitude that sex was fun for men-but not for women.
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.
Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
There's always been a man telling me what to do.
There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.
They held Loretta Lynn Day in Georgia on February 21, 1974. They asked me to address the state legislature.
We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.
We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
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.
When I visit the old home now, I can feel Daddy's presence very strongly. Other people have told me the same thing.
When I visited the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, I was all ready to take about a dozen of those children home with me.
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.
You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.
Loretta Lynn's father was a Republican and her mother was a Democrat.
Loretta Lynn is a Republican.
Loretta Lynn has more banned songs in country music than any other artist in history.
Loretta Lynn is one of only five solo female artists who has won the Country Music Association's highest honor, The Entertainer of The Year.
Loretta Lynn was named the Artist of the Decade in 1970's.
In 2004, Loretta Lynn was nominated for 5 Grammy awards for Best Song of the Year,including, Best Country Song, Best Country Album for "Van Lear Rose", Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
In 1996, Loretta Lynn's husband Oliver aka "Mooney", died at the age of 69 from diabetes.
In 2005, Loretta Lynn's son plead guilty to vehicular homicide for the death of his best friend because of a DUI.
Loretta Lynn lost one of her sons in a freak accident in the 1980's.
Loretta Lynn was really close friends with Patsy Cline who tragically died in a plane crash.
Loretta Lynn has written 2 autobiographies called "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "Still Woman Enough."
Loretta Lynn is Patty Loveless' cousin.
Loretta Lynn first debut single "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl" hit number 14 on the billboard singles chart.
Loretta Lynn has 17 number one albums.
Loretta Lynn has released 70 albums.
Loretta's first single was called "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl."
Loretta Lynn got her big break when she was noticed by Buck Owens during a local talent competition.
Loretta Lynn had her first grandchild when she was 29.
Loretta Lynn had 4 kids by the time she was 18.
Her ranch in Hurricane Mills,Tennessee is rumoured haunted by Confederate Soldiers.
She had more than 30 Top Records to her credit and 16 of those 30 became #1 hits.
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