Loretta Lynn Quotes - Page 4

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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!'

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

You're the reason our kids are ugly.