Loretta Lynn Quotes - Page 3

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.

How do you measure your value?

I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off.

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

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

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.

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.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

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

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

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

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