Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is a multiple gold album American country music singer-songwriter whose work spans almost 60 years. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and individual artist. She remains the most awarded female country recording artist, including her being the only female ACM Artist of the Decade...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth14 April 1932
CityButcher Hollow, KY
CountryUnited States of America
Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead.
Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.
I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.
When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.
When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.
No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.
Who wants to be married to a grandfather?
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.
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.
I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread...stale and dry.