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.
Loretta Lynn

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

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

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

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.
Loretta Lynn

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.
Loretta Lynn

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

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

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

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


How do you measure your value?
Loretta Lynn

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

I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
Loretta Lynn

I believe in education and wish I had a better one.
Loretta Lynn

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.
Loretta Lynn

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.
Loretta Lynn

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

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.
Loretta Lynn

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

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.
Loretta Lynn