Loretta Lynn

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

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

I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

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

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

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

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

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

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

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

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.

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

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

I want more out of life than I've gotten.

I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.

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

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.