Mommy smoked but she didn’t want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped. – Loretta Lynn
We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean. – Loretta Lynn
Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we’re in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience. – 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 loved being outside. We’d hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. – Loretta Lynn
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. – 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
I’ve been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell. – Loretta Lynn
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I’ve found them to be real smart and good workers. – Loretta Lynn
I wasn’t for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous. – 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
You can’t be halfway in this business. If you don’t meet the fans, you lose all you’ve got. – Loretta Lynn
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. – Loretta Lynn
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires. – Loretta Lynn
