Loretta Lynn Quotes (77 Quotes)

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 want more out of life than I've gotten.

Country music has been here forever, but for years a lot of people who listened to country music were ashamed to admit it. What I really think started it booming was Ray Charles and his hit I Can't Stop Loving You.

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

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

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

How do you measure your value?

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

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'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

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.

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

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

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 just can't wait to come back, but what hurts me most, honey, is having to leave, ... That's home for me up there. All my memories are there and all my kids' memories are there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.

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