Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know? Loretta Lynn More Quotes by Loretta Lynn More Quotes From Loretta Lynn Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people. Loretta Lynn songwritingwritingpeople Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best. Loretta Lynn hoping-for-the-bestdo-the-best I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. Loretta Lynn countryyearsfirsts I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened. Loretta Lynn uptownproudcountry I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way. Loretta Lynn proudwaythinking Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes? Loretta Lynn retiringdishesknows Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later. Loretta Lynn threesometimestwo Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over' the plate's empty. Loretta Lynn piesadrunning I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem. Loretta Lynn nervousenergyseems A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business. Loretta Lynn music-businesscentstwo There's always been a man telling me what to do. Loretta Lynn men I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18. Loretta Lynn marriedfourbaby I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that room and start taking some of those verses off.' Yeah, I took six verses off. Loretta Lynn sixsaidrooms 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 two-sidesunhappysides 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 marriagerealkids I believe in education and wish I had a better one. Loretta Lynn i-believewishbelieve I'd love to travel to the Holy Land. Loretta Lynn holylandtravel I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous. Loretta Lynn vietnamhippiepeople I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems. Loretta Lynn churchprayinganswers I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. Loretta Lynn usasoundthinking
