Loretta Lynn > Quotes

“Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
― Loretta Lynn

“You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's corn bread-stale and dry.”
― Loretta Lynn

“Liquore just don't mix with love.”
― Loretta Lynn

“Some of these new country singers aren’t really country. I think some of them ought to be singing pop music and just leave country alone. You don’t have to see them, you can hear it. It is what it is, I guess, but I’d still rather they just let the ones that sing country sing country.”
― Loretta Lynn, Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

“Well, shoot, I don’t believe in double standards, where men can get away with things that women can’t. In God’s eyes, there’s no double standard.”
― Loretta Lynn, Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

“You either have to be first, best, or different.”
― Loretta Lynn

“Well, friends, nobody owns nothing in this world. Even your breath is just loaned to you.”
― Loretta Lynn, Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

“My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.”
― Loretta Lynn

“If women would stand beside each other, rather than be jealous, it'd help a lot.”
― Loretta Lynn, Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

“The Grand Ole Opry asked me to be a member on September 25, 1962. I was thirty years old. I can't tell you how proud that made me. It was one of the best moments of my life.”
― Loretta Lynn, Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

“Pretty quick I learned that the fans don't give a shit about "controversy," they just want real. I give 'em real.”
― Loretta Lynn, Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

“Now this was the first time I ever dumped a bowl of beans on Doolittle Lynn, but it wouldn't be the last. They became my weapon of choice. If beans was around when I got good and mad, you can bet he'd run.”
― Loretta Lynn, Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

“If they knew Patsy at all they'd know she could not stand fakes. She was a good judge of people. She knew who was real and who wasn't. If they weren't real, they weren't getting a minute of Patsy's time.”
― Loretta Lynn, Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

“I hope reading this book made you feel a little closer to her, kind of like she was your friend, too. When you listen to her music, I hope you feel that same closeness, as if she is singing just for you. The truth is, she was.”
― Loretta Lynn, Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline