Loretta Lynn Music Quotes & Sayings

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. — Loretta Lynn

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. — Loretta Lynn

A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business. — Loretta Lynn

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. — Loretta Lynn

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. — Loretta Lynn

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

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. — Loretta Lynn

It's kind of odd when you think of Loretta Lynn, when she was first traveling and recording country music. It was all built through word of mouth. If you pleased the fans, they would pass it around to their friends and family. — Patty Loveless

Some of these new country singers aren't really country. I think some of them ought to be singing pop music and just leave country alone. You don't have to see them, you can hear it. It is what it is, I guess, but I'd still rather they just let the ones that sing country sing country. — Loretta Lynn

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country. — Loretta Lynn

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well. — Tanya Tucker

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. — Loretta Lynn

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. — Loretta Lynn