Quotes from Loretta Lynn

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

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've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

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

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

Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.

I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

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

A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.

If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

You have to be first, different, or great. If you're one of them, you may make it.

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.

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

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

My life has run from misery to happiness.

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

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

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

Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?

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.