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
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.
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.
I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
Back then, we didn't know we were poor, and people were more proud then.
You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.
Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.
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.
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.