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

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

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

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.
Loretta Lynn

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
Loretta Lynn

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

Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
Loretta Lynn

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

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

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