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
Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.
When I lost my husband [Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn], I just didn't want to work so hard anymore. I hate that I didn't quit things a lot more before he was gone. I stayed home for six years to take care of him but, at some point, I also felt I had to go back to work.
How do you measure your value?
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.
You're the reason our kids are ugly.
Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.
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.
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.
Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.
You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.