1.
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
Loretta Lynn
2.
There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.
Loretta Lynn
3.
I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.
Loretta Lynn
4.
I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.
Loretta Lynn
5.
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.
Loretta Lynn
6.
In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.
Loretta Lynn
7.
Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
Loretta Lynn
8.
When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
Loretta Lynn
9.
I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
Loretta Lynn
10.
You either have to be first, best, or different.
Loretta Lynn
11.
You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.
Loretta Lynn
12.
I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
Loretta Lynn
13.
You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
Loretta Lynn
14.
My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
Loretta Lynn
15.
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
Loretta Lynn
16.
If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it.
Loretta Lynn
17.
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.
Loretta Lynn
18.
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
Loretta Lynn
19.
Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.
Loretta Lynn
20.
Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.
Loretta Lynn
21.
Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.
Loretta Lynn
22.
Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.
Loretta Lynn
23.
I think I reach people because I'm with them, not apart from them.
Loretta Lynn
24.
You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
Loretta Lynn
25.
Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?
Loretta Lynn
26.
Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
Loretta Lynn
27.
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.
Loretta Lynn
28.
A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.
Loretta Lynn
29.
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
Loretta Lynn
30.
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
Loretta Lynn
31.
I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.
Loretta Lynn
32.
If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
Loretta Lynn
33.
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
Loretta Lynn
34.
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
Loretta Lynn
35.
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
Loretta Lynn
36.
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
Loretta Lynn
37.
I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
Loretta Lynn
38.
I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
Loretta Lynn
39.
There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.
Loretta Lynn
40.
I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
Loretta Lynn
41.
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.
Loretta Lynn
42.
I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
Loretta Lynn
43.
Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
Loretta Lynn
44.
I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
Loretta Lynn
45.
I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
Loretta Lynn
46.
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
Loretta Lynn
47.
We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
Loretta Lynn
48.
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
Loretta Lynn
49.
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.
Loretta Lynn
50.
Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
Loretta Lynn
