Loretta Lynn Quotes - Page 4

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• Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

  Loretta Lynn

  Grandfather, Want, Married

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

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• When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.

  Loretta Lynn

  Talking, Cities, Trying

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.14, Vintage

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Song, White, Perfect

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Birthday, Hero, April

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Pace, Trade, Know Me

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• When I lost my husband [Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn], I just didn't want to work so hard anymore. I hate that I didn't quit things a lot more before he was gone. I stayed home for six years to take care of him but, at some point, I also felt I had to go back to work.

  Loretta Lynn

  Husband, Hate, Home

  "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 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!'

  Loretta Lynn

  Building

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Mother, Wall, Names

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Eye, Blue, Ribbons

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

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Smile, People, Trying

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• I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.

  Loretta Lynn

  Baby, Happened

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.1, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Inspired, Hillbilly

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  People, Missing, Quitting

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Halloween, Mean, Tipping

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.31, Vintage

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

  Loretta Lynn

  Swimming, Salmon, Hungry

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

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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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Mom, Mother, Barns

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.31, Vintage

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• You're the reason our kids are ugly.

  Loretta Lynn

  Friendship, Kids, Ugly

  Song: You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly

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• 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.

  Loretta Lynn

  Goodbye, Blow, Men

  "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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