I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.
— Loretta Lynn
Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.
Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.
How do you measure your value?
I believe in education and wish I had a better one.
I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.
I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.
I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.
In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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.
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.
Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.
I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.
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.
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.
I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.
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.
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
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.
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
My life has run from misery to happiness.
A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.
Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.
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.
Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.
I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
I refuse to be pushed around anymore.
I want more out of life than I've gotten.
I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.
I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.
I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
