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Loretta Lynn [1935-0] American

Rank: 101
Musician, Singer-songwriter

Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums over a career of almost 60 years. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist.

Attitude, Birthday, God, Marriage, Men, Mom, Respect, Sad, Travel

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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.		101
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.	God	102
Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.	Mom	103
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.	Marriage, Men	104
You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.	Sad	105
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.	Birthday	106
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.		107
I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.		108
I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.	Travel	109
I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.	Respect	110
I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.		111
You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.		112
When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.		113
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.		114
The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.		115
Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.		116
In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.		117
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.		118
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.		119
How do you measure your value?		120
My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.	Attitude	121
I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.		122
I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.		123
I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.		124
A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.		125
I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.		126
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.		201
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.		202
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.		203
Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.		204
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.		205
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.		206
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.		207
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.		208
I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.		209
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.		210
I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.		211
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.		212
Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.		213
You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.		214
Who wants to be married to a grandfather?		215
When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.		216
We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.		217
I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.		218
I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.		219
I want more out of life than I've gotten.		220
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.		221
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.		222
I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.		223
I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.		224
Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.		225
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.		226
Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.		301
Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.		302
Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.		303
There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.		304
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.		305
My life has run from misery to happiness.		306
I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.		307
There's always been a man telling me what to do.		308
Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?		309
Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.		310
I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.		311
I refuse to be pushed around anymore.		312
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.		313
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.		314
I believe in education and wish I had a better one.		315
I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.		316
Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.		317
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.		318

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