Quotes

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” Dolly Parton

“My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.” Dolly Parton

“You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!” Dolly Parton

“I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.” Dolly Parton

“You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.” Dolly Parton

“I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.” Dolly Parton

“I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.” Dolly Parton

“I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.” Dolly Parton

“If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.” Dolly Parton

“I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.” Dolly Parton

“I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.” Dolly Parton

“People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.” Dolly Parton

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.” Dolly Parton

“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” Dolly Parton

“Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.” Dolly Parton

“I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.” Dolly Parton

“I have surrounded myself with very smart people.” Dolly Parton

“I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.” Dolly Parton

“I modelled my looks on the town tramp.” Dolly Parton

“My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.” Dolly Parton

“A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.” Dolly Parton

“People get a kick out of my stupidity.” Dolly Parton

“You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.” Dolly Parton

“I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.” Dolly Parton

“I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.” Dolly Parton

“I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.” Dolly Parton

“Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.” Dolly Parton

“Every day I pray about all I do.” Dolly Parton

“I can't do nothing just a little.” Dolly Parton

“I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.” Dolly Parton