Quotes by Loretta Lynn

About Loretta Lynn:

Loretta Lynn is a multiple gold album American country music singer-songwriter whose work spans more than 55 years. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music. She remains the most awarded female country recording artist.
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

Loretta Lynn

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

Loretta Lynn

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

Loretta Lynn

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

Loretta Lynn

Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.

Loretta Lynn

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

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

Loretta Lynn

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

Loretta Lynn

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

Loretta Lynn

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

Loretta Lynn

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

Loretta Lynn

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

Loretta Lynn

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

Loretta Lynn

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

Loretta Lynn

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.

Loretta Lynn

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

Loretta Lynn

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

How do you measure your value?

Loretta Lynn

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

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

Loretta Lynn

Author Bio

  • NameLoretta Lynn
  • DescriptionAmerican country-music singer-songwriter
  • AliasesLoretta Webb
  • BornApril 14, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Musician
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award