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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.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience.

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

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

I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

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

I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

Loretta Lynn