Tammy Quotes

She owns some of Hollywood`s stars` most priceless possessions (Louis Armstrong`s bongo drums among others). She also has a collection of vintage Hollywood costumes, including Russ Tamblyn`s jacket from West Side Story (1961), Leslie Caron`s dress from An American in Paris (1951), Claudette Colbert`s gown from It Happened One Night (1934), Olivia de Havilland`s blouse from Gone with the Wind (1939), and Sandra Dee`s bikini from the "Tammy movies".

Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and myself were all in it (Country Music) about the same time. They got a little bit of a head start on me, certainly Loretta, but we were all three good friends and actually ended up doing an album together. But I think I was a little different from them. Loretta had a house full of kids and she wrote those being brought down by men songs. Hers were more about home life and all the women who had children and I totally love and respect her. Tammy could sing any number of things but she was also singing that Stand By Your Man. I was singing songs like Just Because I`m A Woman . . . my mistakes are no worse than yours just because I`m a woman. I think we all did our little thing. I just filled my spot.

(during her "60 Minutes" (1968) interview in 1992 with her husband by Mike Wallace in response to how she feels about her husband`s infidelity) "I am not going to be some Tammy Wynette "Stand By Your Man..."

If you follow the statistics, Tammy shouldn`t be here.