Quotes By Loretta Lynn

I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

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

I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.

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

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 want more out of life than I've gotten.

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.

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

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

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

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

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

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

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

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

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

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

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.