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perhaps it was part of the success, for the best part of 50 years she had so much, dare i say, raw material to draw on! the beauty of loretta lynn, she was unapologetically loretto. she did not get herfame winning a game show, she was not auto tune or vocally corrected in the studio. she was exactly who she appeared to be and i think that if people loved. there is something about someone being honest and putting themselves out there. she maybe was not everybody s cup of tea but those who loved her, truly loved herfor cup of tea but those who loved her, truly loved her for who she was and there is an honesty there that i think, to this day, is very much appreciated. authenticity is hard to beat, isn t it? thank you very much indeed for sharing your
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that struck me, charlie. 0ne that struck me, charlie. one was how she made her mark. she was how she made her mark. she was unrelenting in the early days, wasn t she? pushing herself forward, along with a husband but as a duo, they were determined to make it?- determined to make it? yeah, and i think determined to make it? yeah, and i think when determined to make it? yeah, and i think when you - determined to make it? yeah, and i think when you are - determined to make it? yeah, and i think when you are in - determined to make it? yeah, | and i think when you are in the process of being a child blazer, you don t really realise that you are being a child blazer and you do what you do to survive trailblazer. the best compliment you could give to her is this series of great singer songwriters who would use her as inspiration to this day. there are so many young artists who will quote loretta lynn or use her as inspiration for the legacy continues. yeah, it was not easy back in the d