Loretta Lynn Quotes - Page 3

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Country, Uptown, Proud

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.11, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Hippie, People, Vietnam

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.174, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Men

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.10, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Dishes, Retiring, Knows

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Scotland, Mountain, England

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.30, Vintage

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• I want more out of life than I've gotten.

  Loretta Lynn

  Want

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.194, Vintage

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Two Sides, Unhappy, Sides

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• I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

  Loretta Lynn

  Refuse

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.194, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Pregnancy, Nervous, Poor

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.10, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Growing Up, Gun, Kentucky

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Song, Writing, Eye

  "Loretta Lynn: The queen of country music on 55 years in the biz". Interview with Elio Iannacci, www.macleans.ca. February 27, 2016.

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• I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

  Loretta Lynn

  Car, Automobile

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.2, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Real, Smart, Ghouls

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Fans, Helping, Bigs

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• I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

  Loretta Lynn

  Too Much, Poverty

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• Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.

  Loretta Lynn

  Ocean, Moonshine, Made

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.43, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Sad, Growing Up, Mountain

  Loretta Lynn, George Vecsey (1990). “Coal miner's daughter”, Signal Hill Publications

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Night, Daddy, Married

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Winning, Awards, Nashville

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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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Marriage, Real, Kids

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• I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

  Loretta Lynn

  Travel, Land, Holy

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Church, Answers, Praying

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.194, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Usa, United States, Looks

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.12, Vintage

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• If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!

  Loretta Lynn

  Asks, Ifs

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Country, Awards, Association

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, Vintage

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