Wynette Quotes & Sayings

I caught the preacher making love to Sister Mary Lou. God's gonna getcha for that. — Tammy Wynette

When I lived in Nashville, Tanya Tucker and people like that were coming up, and I'm sure that Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were going, 'What's that noise? That's not country.' It's always been this battle where whoever comes up behind the reigning stars isn't country enough. There really is a lot more crossover now. — Callie Khouri

I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it. — Tammy Wynette

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man. — Tammy Wynette

The Irish way of telling a story is a complex and elaborate one, complete with wild exaggerations, a certain delight in improbable fantasy, and a heightened sense of drama. — Rashers Tierney

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me. — Tammy Wynette

I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest. — Tammy Wynette

Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something.
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You know, I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him, and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. And you know, if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him. — Hillary Clinton

He should have seen this coming, but he hadn't. Of course she wouldn't want to move back to Wynette after everything that had happened to her there. But what about his family, his friends, his roots, which stretched so deep into that rocky soil he'd become part of it? — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

She gave him a double-birded salute, and he barked out a rusty laugh. I'm laughing. Me. When was the last time that had happened? He couldn't remember. But she kept doing things to amuse him. Shock him, even. Like pulling out a sword and expressing a very real fear about zombies. Zombies. — Gena Showalter

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to. — Tammy Wynette

I was seeing more stars than Patrick Moore; he didn't half give me a sore fucking whack on the nut. — Stephen Richards

And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think some people are really great at it, like Tammy Wynette and George Jones and Tony Bennett. — Lee Ann Womack

It's not a weapon or a woman can make a man, or magery either, or any power, anything but himself. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways. — Kacey Musgraves

I believe you have to live the songs. — Tammy Wynette

Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and I were the first female headliners, where we would book our own opening acts. Before that, it was a standing joke that it was more like we had 'pretty little girl singers' opening for a male headliner. — Barbara Mandrell

Sometimes you do get tired in the business from all the traveling. No one outside of the business realizes what we go through ... Sometimes you don't mean to be unkind, but sometimes you're tired and do things you don't mean. I know the real fans understand. — Tammy Wynette

The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about. — Tammy Wynette