Quotes from Loretta Lynn

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.

You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.

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

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

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.

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

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.

I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.

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.

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

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?

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

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

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

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

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