158 Quotes by Loretta Lynn

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.

I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I’ve found them to be real smart and good workers.

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 seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.

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

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.

There’s never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don’t think I would have lasted.

I ain’t got much education, but I got some sense.

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.