Loretta Lynn Has 25 New Stories From 'Fist City'

Loretta Lynn's career in country music has spanned decades. She's recorded more than 200 songs, and more than 50 albums. Her latest, out today, is Full Circle and it's a fitting title, considering that the self-dubbed "coal miner's daughter" has lived more in her 83 years than many might live in a lifetime.

Country singer Loretta Lynn, whose astounding 58th studio album, Full Circle, is out now, shared 25 fun facts about herself with Us Weekly.

1. My first job was picking strawberries.

2. I own a whole town with its own post office: Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

3. I’ve seen a ghost there.

4. I love peanut butter anything.

5. Bob Dylan is my favorite songwriter.

6. I cook a pot of beans and a skillet of homemade cornbread once a week.

7. I don’t like to hear myself sing.

8. My favorite movie is Tombstone with Kurt Russell.

9. I have nine cats.

10. I collect salt and pepper shakers.

11. I still grow a garden every year.

12. I have never worn red nail polish.

13. I like to be alone. That’s when I write.

14. I’ve never liked going to awards shows or parties.

16. I read the Bible almost every single night.

17. My bad habits are candy and snack foods.

18. I had a replica of my childhood home in Kentucky built on my ranch.

19. I just had pink carpet put in my house. My kids are still making fun of me.

20. I have six children, 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grand kids.

21. I can’t swim.

22. I picked Sissy Spacek to play me in Coal Miner’s Daughter.

23. I’ve always wanted to go to Australia and China.

24. My favorite perfume is Joy by Jean Patou.

25. I’ve always told the driver’s license folks I’m 5-foot-2, but I’m 5-foot-1.

 15. I love Pink. She sings with heart.