Loretta Lynn Quotes

You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly.

If I Found Out Some Gal Was Trying To Steal My Guy, I'd Want To Give Her A Black Eye! Instead, I Wrote This Song. At The Time I Was Writing Each Song [on This Album], You Could Figure Out The Frame Of Mind I Was In By Listening Closely. With Every Song I've Ever Recorded, I'm In It. I Wouldn't Write About It If I Wasn't In It.

It's Important That You Take Care Of Yourself And Blow Off Steam In The Right Way. Don't Let Some Woman Walk In And Say, "hey, Goodbye!" And Take Your Man. Kill Her If You Can! I'm Only Kidding.

Mommy Smoked But She Didn't Want Us To. She Saw Smoke Coming Out Of The Barn One Time, So We Got Whipped.

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.

We Used To Go Around Tipping Outhouses Over, Or Turning Over Corn Shocks On Halloween. Anything To Be Mean.

My Mother Used To Paper Pictures From Movie Magazines On The Wall Of Her Bedroom. When I Was Born, She Looked At Those Pictures To Decide On A Name For Me. Claudette Colbert's Picture Was Up There And So Was Loretta Young's. She Decided Loretta Was The Prettiest Name, So I Was Named After Her.

You Ain't Supposed To Get Salmon When They're Swimming Upstream To Spawn. But If You're Hungry, You Do.

I Won All The Blue Ribbons For Canning At The State Fair.

Who Wants To Be Married To A Grandfather?

When All Those City Folks Try To Fix Up My Talking, All They Do Is Mess Me Up.

My Biggest Hero, Gregory Peck, Was My Birthday Present On April 14, 1973. I Just Sat And Stared At Him.