Dolly Parton Quotes
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As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!
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I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.
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Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.
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If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
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Music lives in me. Life is a song to me. I have the gift of rhyme, and I'm always trying to write and rhyme. Music is just natural everyday occurrence with me.
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There's a lot of women now with a whole lot of style but they are not necessarily song stylists. Some of their style is a lot like me and a lot of people sound a lot alike - you can't tell them apart.
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I love thinking, I love coming up with great ideas. I just get excited. Sometimes if I get a big idea, I'm just like a kid, like I've found a new toy.
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I can't keep somebody from being a star, and I can't make somebody a star, and nobody can.
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Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.
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Sevier County is a great area.
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Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just little And the door ain't sprung on her electric range That little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too bad Folks are doing away with the simple things...
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They didn't understand it and I tried to make them see That one is only poor only if they choose to be Now I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors that Momma made for me Made just for me...
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A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.
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I hope life treats you kind And I hope you have all you've dreamed of. And I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love.
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A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.
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There's no such thing as free love. Have you seen the price of Viagra?
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I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different.
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If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.
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Daddy worked for God, but asked for no pay. For he believed that God provides a way.
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A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.
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I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've never had that. Life is like a song to me. I just hear everything in music, so I have never once thought "Well, I'm never gonna be able to write again." I've got thousands of songs.
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If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
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In fact, I bought our first family television with my own money, putting it on credit and then paying it off every week.
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I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.