Quotes By Loretta Lynn

I want more out of life than I've gotten.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

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

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.

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

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

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.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

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