Quotes

“I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.” Dolly Parton

“I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.” Dolly Parton

“I'm just a simple country girl.” Dolly Parton

“If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.” Dolly Parton

“My grandpa was a preacher.” Dolly Parton

“My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.” Dolly Parton

“Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.” Dolly Parton

“I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.” Dolly Parton

“I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.” Dolly Parton

“I love story songs because I've always loved books.” Dolly Parton

“I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.” Dolly Parton

“I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.” Dolly Parton

“I think that I know the value of a dollar.” Dolly Parton

“I think that I'm perfect.” Dolly Parton

“I was always a junk food person, still am.” Dolly Parton

“I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.” Dolly Parton

“I write for myself things that I've gone through.” Dolly Parton

“I'm a workin' girl.” Dolly Parton

“I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.” Dolly Parton

“I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.” Dolly Parton

“I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.” Dolly Parton

“I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!” Dolly Parton

“I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.” Dolly Parton

“I've been very fortunate.” Dolly Parton

“I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.” Dolly Parton

“I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.” Dolly Parton

“I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.” Dolly Parton

“My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.” Dolly Parton

“My life has been very full.” Dolly Parton

“Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.” Dolly Parton