Quotes from Loretta Lynn

You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.

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.

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

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

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

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

Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's corn bread-stale and dry.

Liquore just don't mix with love.

Some of these new country singers aren't really country. I think some of them ought to be singing pop music and just leave country alone. You don't have to see them, you can hear it. It is what it is, I guess, but I'd still rather they just let the ones that sing country sing country.

Well, shoot, I don't believe in double standards, where men can get away with things that women can't. In God's eyes, there's no double standard.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

Well, friends, nobody owns nothing in this world. Even your breath is just loaned to you.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

If women would stand beside each other, rather than be jealous, it'd help a lot.

If they knew Patsy at all they'd know she could not stand fakes. She was a good judge of people. She knew who was real and who wasn't. If they weren't real, they weren't getting a minute of Patsy's time.

Pretty quick I learned that the fans don't give a shit about controversy, they just want real. I give 'em real.

I hope reading this book made you feel a little closer to her, kind of like she was your friend, too. When you listen to her music, I hope you feel that same closeness, as if she is singing just for you. The truth is, she was.

Now this was the first time I ever dumped a bowl of beans on Doolittle Lynn, but it wouldn't be the last. They became my weapon of choice. If beans was around when I got good and mad, you can bet he'd run.

The Grand Ole Opry asked me to be a member on September 25, 1962. I was thirty years old. I can't tell you how proud that made me. It was one of the best moments of my life.

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

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

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

My life has run from misery to happiness.