Loretta Lynn Quotes

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

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

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

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Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

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I just can't wait to come back, but what hurts me most, honey, is having to leave, ... That's home for me up there. All my memories are there and all my kids' memories are there.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.

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I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

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

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

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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

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It's kind of like my first one, ... It's back to real country.

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I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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