Loretta Lynn's Quotes

I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

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.

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

My life has run from misery to happiness.

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?

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 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.

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

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'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

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

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

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

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.

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

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

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

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

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

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

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

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

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

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.

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