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Loretta Lynn

"Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me."

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"Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me."

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"We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign."
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"I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have."
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"When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country."
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"The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch."
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"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."
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"I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty."
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"Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience."
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"I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is."
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"In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent."
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"I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened."
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